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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
HARPREET SINGH BRAR
Lakhvinder Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J.
1. The present petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing of order dated 08.08.2025 (Annexure P-17) passed by the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Moga whereby the representation of the petitioner for appointment to the post of Beldar was rejected.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner applied for the post of Beldar with the respondent-Corporation in pursuance of the relevant advertisement (Annexure P-9). The said advertisement also laid down the eligibility criteria which included clearing middle school level
Punjabi language examination. However, the petitioner had cleared the examination for Punjabi language both at matriculation and senior secondary level, as discernible from the certificates issued by the Punjab School Education Board (Annexures P-2 and P-3, respectively). Thereafter, he also successfully completed one year course conducted by the Department of Fruit Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, as also discernible from the certificate dated 24.08.2015 (Annexure P-4). In spite of being el
The interpretation of statutory rules and their application in determining eligibility for public employment.
The requirement to pass the Punjabi language examination is not essential at the application stage but must be fulfilled before appointment, as per Rule 17 of the 1994 Rules.
The central legal point established in the judgment is that the eligibility for recruitment goes to the root of selection, and a person who does not possess the prescribed qualification cannot be app....
Postgraduate degree in subject does not substitute graduation-level study of subject for two years unless rules expressly provide; strict adherence to prescribed eligibility mandatory, higher qualifi....
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