IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : December 02, 2025 BALWINDER KAUR AND ANOTHER -PETITIONERS V/S STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS -RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Deepak Singh Saini, Advocate (Legal Aid Counsel) with Ms. Vamika Johar, Advocate for the petitioner No.2.

Mr. Sahil R. Bakshi, A.A.G., Punjab.

Ms. Isha Goyal, Advocate for the respondent No.3.

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KULDEEP TIWARI, J. (ORAL)

1. Through instituting the present writ petition, the petitioners have knocked on the doors of this Court, seeking directions to the respondent(s) to consider their candidature for TET-2017 (Paper-I) under the BC Category instead of the General Category.

2. The gravamen of the petitioners’ grievance is that, although they belong to the BC Category, their category was inadvertently selected as General Category while filling up the online application form for TET- 2017 by the Cyber Cafe Operator. Consequently, they contested the examination under the General Category, securing 84 and 86 marks respectively, while the cutoff marks were 90 for the General Category and

82 for the BC and SC Categories.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner No.2 contend