IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-21433-2023 Reserved on: 10.12.2025 Pronounced on:12.12.2025 Karanbir Singh Deyea …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present: - Mr. Sanjeev Sharma, Senior Advocate with Mr. Vikram Vir Sharda, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Aman Dhir, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab ***

JAGMOHAN BANSAL, J

1. The petitioner through instant petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India is seeking setting aside of provisional merit list dated 25.05.2023 for the post of Sub-Inspector in the Technical and Support Services Cadre qua Open Source Intelligence (‘OSINT’) specialization advertised vide advertisement No.7 of 2021 dated 09.09.2021.

2. The State of Punjab vide Advertisement No.07 of 2021 dated 09.09.2021 invited applications for 267 posts of Sub-Inspectors (Group C) in Technical and Support Services Cadre. In the advertisement, four domains were specified which were sub-divided into three groups and an applicant could apply for maximum one domain and three specializations/functions. The petitioner applied in the specialization of OSINT Analysis in Group-1. Pursu