{"id":128426,"date":"2009-10-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sunita-devi-vs-state-of-punjab-others-on-29-october-2009"},"modified":"2016-11-10T23:40:41","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T18:10:41","slug":"sunita-devi-vs-state-of-punjab-others-on-29-october-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sunita-devi-vs-state-of-punjab-others-on-29-october-2009","title":{"rendered":"Sunita Devi vs State Of Punjab & Others on 29 October, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n
Sunita Devi vs State Of Punjab & Others on 29 October, 2009<\/div>\n
 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH\n\n\n\n                               Civil Writ Petition No.21431 of 2008\n                                     Date of Decision: October 29, 2009\n\n\nSunita Devi\n                                                      .....PETITIONER(S)\n\n                                   VERSUS\n\n\nState of Punjab & Others\n                                                     .....RESPONDENT(S)<\/pre>\n
                               .     .      .\n\n\nCORAM:               HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA\n\n\nPRESENT: -           Mr. J.S. Verka, Advocate, for the\n                     petitioner.\n\n                     Ms. Charu Tuli, Senior Deputy\n<\/pre>\n
                     Advocate General, Punjab, for the
\n                     respondents.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                               .     .      .\n<\/p>\n
AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral)<\/p>\n
                     This petition has been filed under<\/p>\n
Article       226\/227     of       the   Constitution        of      India<\/p>\n
praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of<\/p>\n
Mandamus      directing        the       respondents       to   declare<\/p>\n
name     of    the    petitioner            as    included      in    the<\/p>\n
selection list of candidates under backward class<\/p>\n
category.\n<\/p>\n
                     It   has        been        pleaded    that      the<\/p>\n
petitioner belongs to backward class category.<\/p>\n
The respondents advertised 4000 posts of teachers<\/p>\n
in     various    subjects          vide        Advertisement        dated
\n CWP No.21431 of 2008                                     [2]<\/p>\n
29.8.2007, on contract basis till 2011 on fixed<\/p>\n
pay.    33    posts       were    to     be    filled     for        Hindi<\/p>\n
mistresses from backward class.<\/p>\n
                    It    has     been        asserted        that    the<\/p>\n
petitioner applied under general category as also<\/p>\n
under backward class category. The claim of the<\/p>\n
petitioner      has      been    considered        in   the     general<\/p>\n
category whereunder however, the petitioner did<\/p>\n
not    come    in      merit     whereas      in    backward         class<\/p>\n
category, the claim of the petitioner has not<\/p>\n
been considered at all.\n<\/p>\n
                    The    issue       that        remains      to     be<\/p>\n
addressed is whether the petitioner applied in<\/p>\n
backward class category and the candidature of<\/p>\n
the petitioner in that category was considered or<\/p>\n
not?\n<\/p>\n
                    In assertion of the fact that the<\/p>\n
petitioner      had      applied    in     general      category        as<\/p>\n
also in backward class category, learned counsel<\/p>\n
has referred to Annexure P-10 and P-11 that are<\/p>\n
two    postal       receipts       indicating           two    set      of<\/p>\n
documents having been sent by speed post to the<\/p>\n
respondents. On a specific query of the Court,<\/p>\n
learned counsel for the petitioner has not been<\/p>\n
able to satisfy the Court as to how two postal<\/p>\n
receipts addressed to DPI (ODSC) Chandigarh would<\/p>\n
be an evidence of the fact that the petitioner
\n CWP No.21431 of 2008                                   [3]<\/p>\n
had applied under general category as also under<\/p>\n
backward class category. The contention therefore<\/p>\n
is rejected as no presumption is attracted that<\/p>\n
would per se show application also under B.C.<\/p>\n
category.\n<\/p>\n
                   The       other      documents       to     which<\/p>\n
reference has been made, are Annexure P-13 and<\/p>\n
P-14.\n<\/p>\n
                   Annexure P-13 reads as under:-\n<\/p>\n
                   “Token No. M\/280
\n                   Dated : 1.4.2008”\n<\/p>\n
                   Annexure P-14 reads as under:-\n<\/p>\n
                   “Token No : 70 (seventy)<\/p>\n
                   Name : Sunita Devi
\n                   Father’s Name : Sh. Sudesh Kumar,
\n                   Date : 11.4.2008.”\n<\/p>\n
                   Learned counsel for the petitioner<\/p>\n
has not been able to substantiate the claim of<\/p>\n
the petitioner as to how the documents extracted<\/p>\n
above    would     indicate       that    the    petitioner      had<\/p>\n
applied to compete in general category, as also<\/p>\n
in    backward         class    category.       Learned      counsel<\/p>\n
further      has       not     been    able     to   explain     the<\/p>\n
relevance of tokens in the context of his claim<\/p>\n
and issue raised before this Court.<\/p>\n
                   In such circumstances, I am of the<\/p>\n
considered opinion that documents Annexure P-13<\/p>\n
and P-14 cannot be considered as evidence of the
\n CWP No.21431 of 2008                                       [4]<\/p>\n
fact     that      the     petitioner         had     applied       under<\/p>\n
backward class category also.\n<\/p>\n
                     Learned counsel has laid stress on<\/p>\n
Annexure P-15 to show that it is a Form filled by<\/p>\n
the petitioner under backward class category as<\/p>\n
is evident from first line of the document.<\/p>\n
                     Learned counsel for the respondents<\/p>\n
has produced the record in original.<\/p>\n
                     Learned counsel for the respondents<\/p>\n
has pointed out that Annexure P-15 is not an<\/p>\n
application form. It is only a `check list’ of<\/p>\n
the     documents         submitted         by    the      petitioner.<\/p>\n
Against category `BC’, the officials have made a<\/p>\n
note in the following terms:- “not applied in backward<\/p>\n
class category but in general under Registration. No.103676”.<\/p>\n
                     Learned counsel for the respondents<\/p>\n
has even produced the original application filed<\/p>\n
by the petitioner. In column No.10, `general’ has<\/p>\n
been    entered        against     category       under         which   the<\/p>\n
petitioner applied. Registration Number at the<\/p>\n
top of the form in red ink reads `F – 103676′.<\/p>\n
                     On    this      third       issue      raised      on<\/p>\n
behalf of the petitioner, learned counsel for the<\/p>\n
petitioner has not been able to satisfy the Court<\/p>\n
as the document in original indicates that indeed<\/p>\n
the petitioner not applied under backward class<\/p>\n
category.\n<\/p>\n
 CWP No.21431 of 2008                                          [5]<\/p>\n
                   Learned counsel for the petitioner<\/p>\n
states that the persons who had checked the form<\/p>\n
in the check list namely Nand Gopal and Paramjit<\/p>\n
Singh were required to file specific affidavits<\/p>\n
in regard to the claim of the petitioner.<\/p>\n
                   Contention of learned counsel for<\/p>\n
the petitioner is rejected out-right in so much<\/p>\n
as original record has been produced which is<\/p>\n
contrary to the stand of the petitioner.<\/p>\n
                   Learned counsel for the respondents<\/p>\n
has   referred         to   Annexure         R-2     filed          alongwith<\/p>\n
written statement, in which the petitioner has<\/p>\n
addressed a letter dated 7.10.2008 to Chairman,<\/p>\n
Departmental Selection Committee, Punjab, which<\/p>\n
reads as under:-\n<\/p>\n
                         “Respectfully, it is requested that I applied for
\n                   Hindi\/ Female\/ B.C. Category against 4000 B.Ed. teachers
\n                   posts advertised by your department. My Registration No.
\n                   Is F040-103676, as Sunita Devi D\/o Sh. Sudesh Kumar.
\n                   On 11.4.08, Your office had called to Kapurthala for this
\n                   post, for Proforma Checking and Point Confirmation and I
\n                   was present. My all certificates were Checked and Merit
\n                   Point for Regd. No.F040103676 was confirmed to be
\n                   65.760 but even then my name is not at place in the list of
\n                   selected candidates.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                         Kindly enquire into the reason and give appropriate
\n                   direction. I am attaching copies of my certificates.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
                   It       becomes          evident           that         the<\/p>\n
petitioner asserted her right to be considered<\/p>\n
under    backward       class       category,          however,         while<\/p>\n
referring to Registration No.F040-103676. Perusal<\/p>\n
of record in original indicates that Form Number
\n CWP No.21431 of 2008                                     [6]<\/p>\n
103676 has been registered under general category<\/p>\n
on the application of the petitioner that was<\/p>\n
made for consideration under general category. In<\/p>\n
Column       No.10     of    the       Application     Form,     in    the<\/p>\n
category        column,          the    petitioner     has      declared<\/p>\n
`General’.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                     In this view of the matter, I am of<\/p>\n
the considered opinion that the petitioner indeed<\/p>\n
had      applied     only        under    general      category.       The<\/p>\n
candidature of the petitioner was considered in<\/p>\n
that category. The petitioner could not make it<\/p>\n
in     so    much      as    merit       points   of    last      person<\/p>\n
selected in general category are 67.705. Merit<\/p>\n
points       given     to    the       petitioner,      however,       are<\/p>\n
65.760.\n<\/p>\n
                     The petition is totally frivolous<\/p>\n
in     so   much     as     no    relevant    document         has    been<\/p>\n
placed on record to indicate that the petitioner<\/p>\n
indeed had applied under backward class category.<\/p>\n
The documents on which reliance has been placed,<\/p>\n
are dehors the issue raised in the petition.<\/p>\n
                     The petition is without any merit<\/p>\n
and is dismissed with costs Rs.7,000\/-.<\/p>\n
\n\n                                                        (AJAI LAMBA)\nOctober 29, 2009                                           JUDGE\navin\n\n\n\n<\/pre>\n
1.     To be referred to the Reporters or not?\n<\/p>\n
2.     Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?
\n CWP No.21431 of 2008   [7]\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court Sunita Devi vs State Of Punjab & Others on 29 October, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.21431 of 2008 Date of Decision: October 29, 2009 Sunita Devi …..PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others …..RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON’BLE MR. 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