| SooperKanoon Citation | sooperkanoon.com/1055942 |
| Court | Punjab and Haryana High Court |
| Decided On | Apr-25-2013 |
| Appellant | Shiv Kumar |
| Respondent | State of Punjab and Others |
CWP No.8550 o”
1. IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH.
CWP No.8550 of 2013 Date of Decision : April 25, 2013 Shiv Kumar ...PETITIONER versus State of Punjab and others ....RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE Mr.JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Present : Mr.R.K.Arya, Advocate, for the petitioner.
AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J.
(ORAL) Petitioner has approached this Court with a grievance that despite he having secured 132.70 marks and belonging to the Scheduled Caste (R&O) Ex-Serviceman Category, has not been issued the appointment letter and the last selected candidate under this category, who has been appointed, has obtained 125.76 marks.
Counsel asserts that despite being higher in merit, the claim of the petitioner has been ignored by the respondents and no reason whatsoever has been assigned for such a recouRs.adopted by them.
Despite various efforts and applications submitted by the CWP No.8550 o”
2. petitioner when nothing fruitful has come out, he has submitted a representation dated 15.02.2013 (Annexure P-5) to the Director General School Education-cum-State Project Director Sarv Siksha Abhiyan Authority, Punjab-respondent No.3 but the same has, till date, not been responded to.
Counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner, at this stage, would be satisfied if direction is issued to the Director General School Education-cum-State Project Director Sarv Siksha Abhiyan Authority, Punjab-respondent No.3 to consider and decide the representation dated 15.02.2013 (Annexure P-5) submitted by the petitioner, within some specified time.
In view of the statement made by the counsel for the petitioner and without going into the merit of the case or commenting thereon, the present writ petition is disposed of with directions to the Director General School Education-cum-State Project Director Sarv Siksha Abhiyan Authority, Punjab-respondent No.3 to consider and decide the representation dated 15.02.2013 (Annexure P-5) within a period of two months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order.
In case the claim of the petitioner is not to be accepted, then a well reasoned and speaking order be passed and conveyed to the petitioner forthwith.
(AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) April 25, 2013 JUDGE pj