Preeti and Others v. State of Haryana and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Sports-quota service-termination challenge before Punjab & Haryana HC: show cause notices/orders dated 3.12.2024 and 28.11.2024 (Annexure P/11) issued by respondent no.3 under Rule 4(c)(i1), Haryana Outstanding Sports Persons (Recruitment and Condition of Service) Rules, 2021, for alleged lack of prescribed sports qualification; writ of certiorari sought under Article 226/227; matter linked to Surya Sangwan v. State of Haryana, CWP No. 31692 of 2024 (decided 29.07.2025); State counsel gave no objection; petition disposed with consent without merits; competent authority to treat petition as representation and pass reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law within three months. Keywords: sports persons recruitment Haryana, Rule 4(c)(i1), termination of services, show cause notice, representation, reasoned and speaking order, Article 226/227.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with consent of parties and without commenting on merits; competent authority of the respondent-State directed to treat the petition as a representation and decide the petitioners' claim by a reasoned and speaking order, strictly in accordance with law, considering the facts pleaded and the judgment in Surya Sangwan (supra), completing the entire exercise within three months from receipt of a certified copy of the order with the writ petition and all accompanying annexures.