SUMITRA Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution prays for quashing the selection of 2977 persons made by the respondents on the post of J.B.T. teachers. Respondent No. 2, Haryana Staff Selection Commissioner (for brevity the 'HSSC') issued an advertisement No. 7/2004 inviting applications for 2977 posts of J.B.T. teachers for various districts in Haryana except Rohtak, Sonepat and Jhajjar. Out of the total number of posts, 1461 posts were set apart for the general category. We are concerned with the general category in the instant petition. The last date of receipt of applications was 7.10.2004. The respondents have laid down the criterion for selection, which reads as under :

(2.) ON the basis of the interviews held from October, 2004 to December, 2004, HSSC declared the result on 16.12.2004. The last candidate in the general category had secured 47.03 marks whereas the petitioner has secured 44.97 marks. It is thus evident that the petitioner could not make the grade and her name did not figure even in the waiting list. It is claimed that the petitioner possess higher merit than those who have been selected.

(3.) IN response to notice of motion, the respondents have filed reply wherein broad facts have been admitted with the further remarks that the last candidate belonging to general category had secured 47.03 marks whereas the petitioner had secured 44.97 marks. The break up of marks as awarded to the petitioner, according to the criterion, has also been disclosed in para 7 and the same are reflected below for facility of reference :