JUDGMENT (Oral)

Anil Kshetarpal, J. (Oral) - The petitioner prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of Certiorari to question the general condition 8(vi) given in the advertisement dated 31st December, 2016. In essence, the candidature of the petitioner has been refused on the ground that he did not study and pass the Punjabi subject at the Matric level or any higher class other than Matriculation. The petitioner applied for the post of Demonstrator of Physical Education pursuant to the recruitment notice dated 31st December, 2016. On 27 July, 2000 one post of Demonstrator, Physical Education in the General category was kept reserved. The said order reads as under:-

'All the cases listed today have been taken up for hearing by way of video conferencing because of the situation existing due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

By this petition the petitioner challenges the rejection of his candidature for the post of a Demonstrator of Physical Education (DPE) in the State of Punjab, on the ground disclosed to him that he does not have sufficient qualification in the Punjabi language, with the examination of 'Punjabi Praveshika' obtained from the Punjabi University, Patiala, not being sufficien