IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : April 08, 2026 AYUSHIKA UPADHYAY .....Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPINDER SINGH NALWA Present : Mr. Ankit Chauhan, Advocate for the petitioner.

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DEEPINDER SINGH NALWA, J. (Oral)

1. In the present writ petition, the petitioner is praying for grant of one additional opportunity to appear for scrutiny of documents, as she could not appear on the scheduled dates i.e. 17.03.2026 and 18.03.2026.

2. Brief facts of the case are that the respondents issued an advertisement in the year 2025 advertising the posts of Constables in District Police and Armed Police Cadre. The petitioner belongs to general category. The petitioner duly applied in pursuance to the abovementioned advertisement and appeared in the written examination held in the month of May 2025. After qualifying the abovesaid test, the petitioner also appeared in Physical Measurement Test on 12.10.2025. The petitioner was successful in the abovesaid test. In the first merit list issued by the respondents, the name of the petitioner did not figure, however, in the supplementary merit list, the name