AJAY vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 141 CWP-16571-2026 Date of Decision: 25.05.2026 AJAY ...Petitioner Versus STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR **** Present: Mr. Sanchit Punia, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Saurabh Girdhar, AAG, Haryana. Mr. Prince Singh, Advocate, for respondent No.4. HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (ORAL) 1. The present civil writ petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to exhaust the prescribed zone of consideration up to two times of advertised posts as per sub-Clause (viii) of Clause 13 of Advertisement dated 25.09.2025 (Annexure P-1) in view of availability of vacant posts and consequently, consider and appoint the petitioner to the post of Assistant Engineer (Civil Cadre), being fully eligible and meritorious. 2 Learned counsel for the petitioner inter alia contends that respondents issued advertisement dated 25.09.2025 (Annexure P-1) for recruitment of 19 posts of Assistant Engineer (Civil Cadre) on the basis of GATE scores. Petitioner, being fully eligible, submitted his application on 21