CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.4909 OF 2011 :{ 1 }: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH DATE OF DECISION: MARCH 17 ,2011 Rajan .....Petitioner VERSUS State of Haryana and others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? PRESENT: Mr. Rajiv Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. Pleading that unfair procedure was adopted while making selection to the post of Clerk in the office of Legal Services Authority, Jhajjar, the petitioner, who was an applicant for the post, has filed this petition for quashing of the said selection. The petitioner is working as a Typist in the District Courts Complex at Jhajjar. He had applied for the post of Clerk on 30.11.2010, as advertised by the District Legal Services Authority, Jhajjar. A test was conducted on 4.12.2010, where five candidates appeared. As per the petitioner, he had learnt about the vacancy from his friend living at Chandigarh but the same had not been CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.4909 OF 2011 :{ 2 }: properly advertised. The petitioner states that he alone could complete the typing test but he did not receive any information regarding the selection. On 21.1.2011, he learnt that no candidate was selected on the basis of this typing test. He moved an application under R.T.I Act but received no reply. He submitted another application on 1.2.2011, in response to which he is informed that the speed of the petitioner was only 8 words per minute. He was also apprised that test for the aforesaid post was rescheduled on 26.2.2011. The petitioner, however, could not participate in the test and one Ajay Bhatnagar has been selected as a Clerk. His speed was declared nil in the test held on 4.12.2010. The counsel accordingly pleads that the examination was an eye wash and decision had already been made to appoint Ajay Bhatnagar. It is, thus, submitted that the respondents have not carried out selection in a fair and transparent manner. The counsel accordingly pleads that the appointment be quashed. As per the petitioner, Ajay Bhatnagar has been appointed being a brother of Ashok Bhatnagar, who is working as a Clerk with the office of District Judge. It is on this ground pleaded that examination was an eye wash. It is not in dispute that that the selected candidate had appeared in the examination held on 10.11.2010, 4.12.2010 and 22.2.2011. May be that the test was only a typing test but the petitioner had only appeared once, where he has nothing much to show to his credit. A speed of 8 words per minute is not something for which one can boost of to complain about the manner of selection. Except for bald averment, nothing substantial CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.4909 OF 2011 :{ 3 }: has been submitted to prove that the selection was not fair. I am not prepared to accept that a Clerk working in the office of District Judge would be in a position to influence the appointment for the post of Clerk in the Legal Services Authority. The advertisement for the post was issued and the petitioner had competed. The petitioner did not appear in the re-test, which was held, leading to selection of respondent No.4. I, thus, find no merit in the petition and the same is accordingly dismissed. March 17,2011 (RANJIT SINGH ) khurmi JUDGE