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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
N.S. SHEKHAWAT, J
Birendra Singh Rawat – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab and another – Respondent
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| 1. petitioner seeks to challenge new advertisement while previously recommended. (Para 1) |
| 2. understanding appointment processes under the protection of human rights act. (Para 2 , 4) |
| 3. discussion of legitimate expectation vs. administrative discretion in recruitment. (Para 3 , 5 , 6) |
| 4. court reinforces the lack of an enforceable right to appointment based on recommendations. (Para 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 5. court ultimately dismisses the petition on the grounds of lack of merit. (Para 11) |
1. The petitioner has filed the present petition with a prayer to issue a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned advertisement DPR/PB/2668/12/2025-26/657 (Annexure P-7), whereby, the respondents had invited fresh applications for appointment to the post of Member, Punjab State Human Rights Commission (hereinafter to be referred to as ‘PSHRC’) as the duly constituted Selection Committee had already recommended the name of the petitioner for the said post in pursuance of an advertisement No. DPR/PB/18140 dated 29.10.2022 (Annexure P-1) and the Government had neither rejected nor accepted the said recommendations. A further prayer was made to issue a writ in the nature of mandam
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