IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP(T) No. 8680 of 2008. Decided on: 04.01.2011. Ram Chand. …Petitioner. -Versus- State of H.P. and others. …Respondents. Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1No. __________________________________________________________ For the petitioner. : Mr. Y.W. Chauhan, Advocate. For the respondents. : Mr. P.M. Negi, Deputy Advocate General with Mr. R.P. Singh, Assistant Advocate General, for respondents No. 1 to 3. None for respondents No. 4 and 5. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajiv Sharma, Judge (Oral): Petitioner has assailed the appointment of respondent No. 5 to the post of Part Time Water Carrier in Government Primary School, Gawali. 2. Case of the petitioner, in a nut-shell, is that he has not been awarded marks, though his family has donated land for the construction of the School and the marks have wrongly been allotted to respondent No. 5 under distance criteria from home to School. It is evident from the reply filed by the respondent-State that the petitioner has been awarded 2.5 marks, since his family has donated land for the construction of School. Respondent No. 5 has placed on record Annexure R-5/2, whereby the distance from his home to School is about one kilometer. The suitability of the petitioner and respondent No. 5 has been gone into by a duly 1 Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? No. - 2 - constituted selection committee. Consequently, this Court will not sit in appeal over the recommendations made by a duly constituted selection committee. 3. Accordingly, there is no merit in this petition and the same is dismissed. No costs. (Rajiv Sharma) Judge January 04, 2011. (bhupender) - 3 -