IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 11.03.2025 ROHTASH ... Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ.

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Present: Mr. Suresh Kumar Kaushik, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Rahul Dev, Addl. A.G., Haryana.

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VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (ORAL)

Challenging the result dated 20.05.2022 (Annexure P-5) by which respondent No.2 has selected those candidates who have either less or equal marks than the petitioner for the post of Chargeman Mechanical under S.C. Category pursuant to Advertisement No.14 of 2019 dated 26.08.2019 (Annexure P-1). A further prayer has also been made to quash the impugned speaking order dated 27.02.2023 (Annexure P-11), whereby respondent No.2 has rejected the candidature of the petitioner on the ground that experience certificate furnished by the petitioner was not as per the advertisement.

Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner had applied for the post of Chargeman under the reserved category pursuant to the Advertisement No.14 of 2019. The petitioner appeared in the process of selection and as per the result of written examination published on

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