IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Serial No.136 CWP-2116-2026 Decided on:28.01.2026 Bindusar Kadian . . . Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and another . . Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA Present: Mr. Amanpriye Jain, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Tanushree Gupta, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana.

Mr. Kanwal Goyal, Advocate and Ms. Sheena Dahiya, Advocate for respondent no.2.

TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA, J.(ORAL)

The petition has been filed inter alia seeking a writ of certiorari setting aside the screening test result, dated 13.01.2026, Annexure P-3, for the post of PGT (English) pursuant to advertisement 22 of 2024, and allow the petitioner to participate in the next stage of selection, i.e., Subject Knowledge Test, to be held on 01.02.2026.

2. Learned counsel contended that the petitioner applied for the post in question as Ex-Serviceman (ESM) by filling up the application, Annexure P-2, and by mistake mentioned his ‘applicable category’ as per Clause

11(ix)(B)(ii) of the advertisement, which reads as under:

ii) where an ex-servicemen who herself/himself is eligible to avail the benefit of reservation under these instructions but she/he does n