IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

213 Date of decision: February 06, 2026 PANKAJ KUMAR ...Petitioner Versus STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA Present: Mr. Ravinder Bangar, Advocate (through video conferencing)

and Ms. Anjali Bangar, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Rohit Arya, Additional Advocate General, Haryana.

TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA, J. (ORAL)

The petition has been filed seeking a writ of certiorari setting aside the order dated 12.03.2024, Annexure P-18, whereby the petitioner’s candidature for the post of Art and Crafts Teacher against advertisement 6/2006, dated 20.07.2006, has been rejected on account of ineligibility, as the certificate of Diploma in Arts and Craft from the Kurukshetra University was statedly issued to him after the closing date for submission of application forms, i.e., 21.08.2006.

2. The facts of the case in brief are, the Commission advertised 816 posts of Art and Crafts Teachers vide the advertisement aforementioned.

Essential qualifications for the post were mentioned as under:

I. Matric from Haryana School Education Board or an equivalent qualification recognized by the Haryana School Education