MANPREET KAUR Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This order shall dispose of four writ petitions, i.e. CWP No.2081 of 2020, CWP No.15305 of 2020, CWP No.4311 of 2020 and CWP No.7203 of 2020.

(2.) The prayers made in all these writ petitions are for de-reservation of the posts of Sports Category advertised vide advertisement dtd. 6/10/2016 qua the post of Ayurvedic Medical Officers and posts of Clerks in sports persons category and ex-serviceman category advertised vide advertisement No.04 of 2016 dated 01/27/9/2016 and to fill up the said de-reserved post from the candidates belonging to the General Category in accordance with their merits.

(3.) The brief facts, as are involved in these writ petitions are that the respondent No.3 in CWP No.2081 of 2020 issued an advertisement dtd. 6/10/2016 inviting application for direct recruitment to 118 posts of Ayurvedic Medical Officers. In the said advertisement, 56 posts were advertised for General Category and 8 posts were reserved for Sports Persons, Punjab Category. After the selection, the merit list was published by selecting agency and the petitioner was placed at Sr. No.56 in General Category candidates. However, since certain persons belonging to the other categories had secured more marks than the petitioner, and thus they were shifted to the General Category, therefore, the petitioner could not come up to the last cut-off merit. Same is the situation claimed by the petitioners in CWP No.15305 of 2020. In case of CWP No.4311 of 2020 and CWPNo.7203 of 2020, the respondent No.l had advertised 1883 posts of Clerks on 27/9/2016. In the said advertisement, 766 posts were advertised for General Category, 79 posts were advertised for Sports Person, Punjab Category and 377 posts were advertised for ex-serviceman category. The result of the said selection was declared on 27/5/2019. In that selection also, 20 posts belonging to the Sports Persons Category and 183 posts from ESM Category remained unfilled. The petitioners in these two writ petitions claimed to have qualified the written exam but could not make the grade upto the last cut-off marks in General Category.