Ranjan Sharma, Judge [Oral]

1. Petitioner, Baljinder Kaur, initially filed CWP No.7643 of 2010 before this Court and upon establishment of State Administrative Tribunal, the matter was transferred as T.A. No.2636 of 2015, and after the abolition of Learned Tribunal, the matter stood transferred to this Court, as CWPOA No.1968 of 2019, seeking the following relief(s):—

(i). That appointment of the respondent No.4 issued vide Office Order dated 24.10.2010 (Annexure P-8) may kindly be quashed and set aside and respondents may be directed to appoint the petitioner as Punjabi Teacher in Government Senior Secondary School, Majari, District Bilaspur with all consequential benefits.”

FACTUAL MATRIX:

2. Grievance of the petitioner is that she is working is Punjabi Teacher, under PTA in GSSS Majari, District Bilaspur. It is averred that 06 posts of Punjabi Teachers were advertised on 06.08.2010 [Annexure P-7] on period basis by Deputy Director of Education, Bilaspur out of which one post was reserved for OBC category. In this backdrop, it is stated that the petitioner being an OBC, had applied for the post of Punjabi Teacher from OBC category but the private respondent No.4 [Daljeet Singh] was s