HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** ****

Naveen ... Petitioner VS.

State of Haryana & Ors. ... Respondents ****

1. Judgment reserved on 31.01.2026 2. Judgment pronounced on 24.03.2026 3. Judgment uploaded on 25.03.2026

4. Whether operative or full judgment Full 5. Delay in pronouncement of full judgment and reasons, if any NA ****

CORAM: HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SANDEEP MOUDGIL ****

Present: Mr. Sanchit Punia, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Rahul Dev Singh, Addl. AG Haryana ****

Sandeep Moudgil, J.

(1). The jurisdiction of this Court has been invoked under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, for issuing a writ of certiorari quashing the letter dated 09.05.2025 (Annexure P11) whereby respondent No.3 rejected the case of the petitioner for issuance of Sport Gradation Certificate. He seeks a direction to the respondents to issue Sport Gradation Certificate to the petitioner and to grant him appointment to a Group ‘D’ post against Advertisement No.1/2023 dated 30.05.2023 under BC(B) Eligible Sports Person category and to keep one such post vacant during to the pendency of the writ petition.

Facts.

(2). The Haryana Staff Selection Commission (in short, the HSSC), Panc