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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
HARPREET SINGH BRAR
Sohan – Appellant
Versus
State Of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J.
1. This common judgment shall dispose of all the abovementioned three writ petitions, as they arise from a similar factual matrix and pose a common question of law. However, for the sake of brevity, the facts are taken from CWP-34752-2025
2. Present writ petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India seeking the following:
(i) Issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing of impugned advertisement No.04/2025 dated 21.05.2025 (Annexure P-3), vide which no posts under Physically Handicapped (OH) (for short ‘PH(OH)’) category for recruitment as Scientist-B (Group B) in Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) were advertised.
(ii) Issuance of a writ the nature of certiorari for quashing of impugned corrigendum dated 25.09.2025 (Annexure P-7), whereby the number of posts for Scientist-B in HSPCB were increased from 05 to 18, but no posts were notified under the PH (OH) category.
(iii) Issuance of writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to accept the candidature of the petitioner in the PH (OH) category for the post of Scientist-B in terms of advertisement No.04/2025 dated 21.05.2025 (Annexure
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