IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Decided on: 28.01.2026 Neeru . . . Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others . . . Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA PRESENT: Mr. Shekhar Verma, Advocate with Mr. Rahul Chadha, Advocate and Mr. Jagraj Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

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

TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA, J.(ORAL)

CM-1198-2026 For the reasons stated, the application is allowed, and amended memo of parties is taken on record subject to all just exceptions.

CWP-934-2026 The petition has been filed, inter alia, seeking a writ of mandamus directing the official respondents to consider the petitioner's candidature for appointment as Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT) English pursuant to advertisement 2/2023, dated 21.02.2023, Annexure P-1, under the BC-B category. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that the petitioner applied for the post in question as a BC-B category candidate in response to the aforementioned advertisement, but she failed to upload a valid certificate establishing her credentials as a candidate belonging to the said category, and by mistake uploaded a domicile/resident cer