JUDGMENT

Girish Agnihotri, J. (Oral). - This order shall dispose of two writ petitions i.e. CWP-13585- 2021 titled as Gurkirat Singh vs. State of Punjab and another and CWP- 13430-2021 titled as Simranpreet Singh vs. State of Punjab and another.

For the sake of brevity, the facts have been taken from CWP-13585-2021.

For the facts and grounds noticed hereunder, this Court finds no merit in these writ petitions and the same deserve to be dismissed.

Petitioner-Gurkirat Singh, stated to be aged 21 years, has filed the present petition inter alia with a prayer for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus for directing the respondents to consider the candidature of the petitioner, who is appearing in the final semester of his Bachelor's Degree, as an eligible candidate for the posts of Sub Inspector (District Police Cadre), Sub Inspector (Armed Police Cadre), Intelligence Officers (Intelligence Cadre), Sub Inspector (Investigation Cadre) advertised vide advertisement No.1 of 2021 dated 06.07.2021 (Annexure P- 1).

This Court, on 28.07.2021, had issued notice of motion. In response thereto, short reply has been filed by way of an affidavit of Mr. Patil Ketan Baliram, IPS, Assistant Inspecto