IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 16.02.2026 Gautam Setia and others ….Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others ….Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Rahul Gahlian, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Bhupender Singh, Addl. A.G., Haryana.

Mr. Sahil R. Bakshi, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. Akshay Bhan, Senior Advocate, with Mr. Ranjit Singh Kalra, Advocate, for respondent No.5.

Mr. Saurav Verma, Advocate, for respondent No.6.

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KULDEEP TIWARI, J. (Oral)

1) The petitioners, who could not qualify for the next stage of the ongoing selection process, being conducted by the respondent- Society for Centralized Recruitment of Staff in Subordinate Courts, have rushed to this Court by way of instant writ petition, laying challenge to the legality of the notices dated 23.01.2026 (Annexures P-5 and P-6), vide which, lists of the shortlisted candidates have been published to appear for the English Shorthand & Transcription Test and Spreadsheet Test.

2) The notices (supra) have been sought to be quashed, fundamentally, on the following twin grounds:-

i) They violate the terms of the advertisements dated 25.03.2025 (Annexure P-1) and 05.04.202