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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
HARPREET SINGH BRAR
Prashant Pandey – Appellant
Versus
Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J.
1. The present civil writ petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned order dated 13.09.2019 (Annexure P-8) passed by respondent No.3 vide which the appointment of the petitioner as Shift Attendant, against the reserved post for the disabled persons, has been cancelled.
CONTENTIONS
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner inter alia contends that the petitioner participated in the selection process in terms of the advertisement No.3 of 2016 under Category 1 i.e. Shift Attendant. A total of 2426 posts for Shift Attendants were advertised across multiple departments, out of which 36 posts were kept reserved for partially deaf candidates. Accordingly, on the basis of the online application (Annexure P-2) of the petitioner, respondent No.6-Commission issued him a roll number, as indicated by the admit card (Annexure P-3), with which he appeared in the written examination. Thereafter, on the basis of written examination, respondent No.6-Commission conducted scrutiny of documents and an interview for the post of Shift Attendant. The final result was dec
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