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PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH
JAGMOHAN BANSAL
Naveen – Appellant
Versus
State Of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Jagmohan Bansal, J.
As common issues are involved in the captioned petitions, with the consent of both sides, the same are hereby disposed of by this common order. For the sake of brevity and convenience, facts are borrowed from CWP-17852-2024.
2. The petitioners through instant petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India are seeking setting aside of public notices dated 14.07.2024 (Annexure P-5), 18.07.2024 (Annexure P-11), 21.07.2024 (Annexure P-12), 21.07.2024 (Annexure P-13) and 26.07.2024 (Annexure P-14) whereby their candidature has been rejected in BC-A/BC-B Category on the ground that they have submitted BC-A/BC-B certificate of a date which is before the cut-off date i.e. 01.04.2023.
3. The petitioners pursuant to Advertisement No.6 dated 28.06.2024 (Annexure P-1) applied for the post of Constable (General Duty). The respondent vide aforesaid advertisement invited applications for 5,000 posts of Male Constable (General Duty) and 1,000 posts of Female Constable (General Duty). 1100 seats are reserved for BC-A/BC-B (for short 'BC') candidates in Male Category and 220 in Female Category. As per advertisement, Common Eligibility Test (for short 'CET') q
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