Rashmila and Others v. State of Haryana and Others

Punjab & Haryana HC25 Apr 2025CWP/8537/2025

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CWP-8537-2025; Rashmila and others v. State of Haryana; Punjab and Haryana High Court; Vinod S. Bhardwaj, J.; decided 25.04.2025; impugned result dated 14.07.2024 (Annexure P-24); eligible candidates with higher marks ignored; ESP Category; Haryana Staff Selection Commission, Panchkula; Legal Notice dated 26.07.2024 (Annexure P-28); reasoned and speaking order; time-bound direction of three months; petition disposed of without commenting on merits.

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Direction to respondent No.2-Haryana Staff Selection Commission, Panchkula, through its Secretary, to decide the petitioners' Legal Notice dated 26.07.2024 (Annexure P-28) and pass a reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law, preferably within three months from receipt of certified copy of the order. ¶¶19

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioners, though eligible and holding higher marks, were wrongly ignored and not selected pursuant to the result dated 14.07.2024 (Annexure P-24), and whether respondent No.2 Commission ought to consider them eligible under the ESP Category. +1 more

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Ratio / Principle

With the consent of the parties, and without commenting upon the merits of the case, the Court disposed of the present writ petition in terms of the narrowed prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner at the outset.

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Key takeaways

Respondent No.2-Haryana Staff Selection Commission, Panchkula, through its Secretary, is directed to decide the Legal Notice of the petitioners dated 26.07.2024 (Annexure P-28).ratio¶¶19
The Commission is to pass a reasoned and speaking order on the said Legal Notice in accordance with law, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order.ratio¶¶19

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Punjab and Haryana High Court, CWP-8537-2025, decided 25.04.2025 by Vinod S. Bhardwaj, J. (Oral). Rashmila and others challenged the result dated 14.07.2024 (Annexure P-24) of a selection in which, despite being eligible and holding higher marks, they were ignored, and sought consideration under the ESP Category. At the very outset, learned counsel confined the relief to a direction to respondent No.2-Haryana Staff Selection Commission, Panchkula, to decide the petitioners' Legal Notice dated 26.07.2024 (Annexure P-28). State counsel accepted notice with no objection. With consent of parties, and expressly without commenting on the merits, the petition was disposed of: the Commission, through its Secretary, was directed to decide the Legal Notice and pass a reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law, preferably within three months of receipt of certified copy of the order.

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IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH

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CWP-8537-2025 Date of Decision: 25.04.2025

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RASHMILA AND OTHERS ... Petitioners

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Versus

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STATE OF H ARYANA AND OTHERS ... Respondents

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ

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Present: M r. Ravinder Singh Dhull, Adv o cate f or the petitioner.

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M s. Tanisha Peshawaria, DAG, H aryana.

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VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (ORAL)

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T he petitioner has approached t his Court seeking quashing of the impugn e d result dated 14.07.2024 ( A nnexure P-24) whereby the petitioners w ho are eligible and having h igher marks, have not been selected and have been ignored and a furthe r prayer to direct the respondent No.2 Com m ission to consider the petiti o ners eligible under the ESP Category.

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A t the very outset, learned co u nsel for the petitioner submits that, at this j uncture, the petitioner would b e satisfied in case respondent No.2-Harya n a Staff Selection Commission, P anchkula through its Secretary is directed t o decide the Legal Notice date d 26.07.2024 (Annexure P-28) and the grie v ance espoused by the petitione r therein by passing a reasoned

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VISHAL SHARMA 2025.04.29 17:54 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

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CWP-8537-2025 -2-

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and speakin g order thereupon in accordanc e with law and in a time bound manner.

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N otice of motion.

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M s. Tanisha Peshawaria, DAG , Haryana appears and accepts notice on b e half of the respondents-State and submits that she has no objection to t he aforesaid prayer being grant e d. 5. A ccordingly, with the consen t of the parties and without commenting upon the merits of the case, th e present petition is disposed of and respon d ent No.2-Haryana Staff Sele c tion Commission, Panchkula through its Secretary, is directed to decide the Legal Notice of the petitioner dated 26.07. 2 024 (Annexure P-28) and to pass a reasoned and speaking order thereu p on in accordance with law pre f erably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified c o py of this order.

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APRIL 25, 2025 ( VINOD S. BHARDWAJ) Vishal Sharma JUDGE

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Whether speaking/reason e d : Yes/No Whether reportable : Yes/No

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VISHAL SHARMA 2025.04.29 17:54 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

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