121 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:17.09.2025 Kiranjeet Kaur …Petitioner vs.

State of Punjab and others …Respondents Coram : Hon’ble Mr. Justice N.S.Shekhawat Present : Mr. Gopal Singh Nahel, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Satnampreet Singh Chauhan, DAG, Punjab.

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N.S.Shekhawat J. (Oral)

1. The petitioner has filed the present petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India with a prayer to issue a writ in the nature of mandamus to direct the respondents to appoint the petitioner to the post of ETT (M&B) category, in place of Rekha, whose services have already been terminated vide order dated 03.06.2025 (Annexure P-12) as she had secured the appointment on the basis of a fake Scheduled Caste certificate.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the advertisement dated 05.09.2007 (Annexure P-1) was issued by the respondent-department to fill 9998 posts of ETT Teachers. In pursuance of the said advertisement, the petitioner as well as Rekha d/o Om Parkash had applied for the post of ETT Teachers in Scheduled Caste (M&B) Category. After following the due process, the other candidate i.e. Rekha was selected for the post, whe