VIKAS BAHL
Chanchal – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Mr. Vikas Bahl, J. (ORAL)
This is a civil writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for the issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned order dated 13.10.2023 (Annexure P-16) passed by respondent no.3.
2. The case of the petitioner briefly stated is that vide advertisement no.3 dated 16.04.2018, the respondent-Commission had advertised 5000 posts of male Constable and in pursuance of the same, the petitioner had applied for the post of male constable, but was not shown in the list of successful candidates. It is the case of the petitioner that in the meanwhile the petitioner was appointed to the post of Constable IRB and joined on 06.03.2019 and completed his training as Male Constable IRB from 11.03.2019 to 09.01.2020. It is further the case of the petitioner that cut off marks of the last candidate in the Male Constable (GD) under BCB category were 56.20 and the petitioner was shown to have been given 51.20 marks and was not awarded 5 marks under the socio-economic criteria and thereafter, the petitioner had filed CWP-17349-2020 which was disposed of by a coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 16.10.2020 direc
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