O R D E R

1. Leave granted.

Signature Not Verified2. The appellant has challenged the order dated 01.11.2022 Digitally signed by Nirmala Negi Date: 2024.09.13

15:47:12 IST passed by the Punjab & Haryana High Court (hereinafter Reason:

called “the High Court”) in a Writ Petition filed by the respondent no.1 herein Sri Vinod. The following orders were passed:-

“The petitioner has referred to the letter dated 09.02.2015 (Annexure P8) where the Chhattisgarh Secondary Education Commission has issued a letter to the extent that students who have obtainedd certificate(s) between 07.11.2012 to 10.03.2014 should not be refused for study in higher class and to participate in the higher class examination. The petitioner has placed on record the matriculation examination certificate (Annexure P4), which was issued on 25.02.2014. It is further brought to the notice of the Court that he had earlier contested the election on the basis of same certificate.

Keeping in view the said letter (Annexure P 8), the petitioner's nomination papers cannot be rejected as his matriculation certificate was valid for higher studies as per (Annexure P 8).

Adjourned to 13.12.2022.

In the meantime, nomination paper of the