G. S. SANDHAWALIA, VIKAS SURI
Raminder Kaur – Appellant
Versus
State Of Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT
G.S. Sandhawalia, J. - The present judgment shall dispose of LPA-1233, 1256, 1270 & 1732-2016, the first three Letters Patent Appeals arise out of the common judgment passed by the Learned Single Judge dated 16.02.2016 wherein CWP-22198-2012 titled Charanjit Kaur Vs. State of Punjab & others, CWP-3065-2013 titled Ravinder Kumar Vs. State of Punjab & others & CWP-5685-2013 titled Raminder Kaur Vs. State of Punjab & others were dismissed and the claim of the appellants-writ petitioners for appointment to the post of Science Master/Mistress was repelled.
2. Similarly, LPA-1732-2016 arises out of judgment passed by the Learned Single Judge in CWP-13845-2016 titled Gurbax Singh Vs. State of Punjab & others, wherein the claim for appointment to the post of Punjabi Master in the category of Scheduled Caste(M&B)/Ex- serviceman (Dependent) had been rejected. Since the advertisement is common and the principle is common, the present consideration is being done jointly by this Court.
3. The reasoning given by the Learned Single Judge in the first set of 3 appeals was that consideration under the Reserved Category of Backward Class unlike the Scheduled Caste was a shifting boundary on ac
Dolly Chhanda vs. Chairman, JEE 2005 (9) SCC 779
Manjit Kaur vs. The State of Punjab & others (1987) 1 SCC 549
Ram Kumar Gijroya vs. Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board & another 2016 (4) SCC 754.
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