ANKIT KUMAR vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

2026:PHHC:080319 eS 127 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-15930-2026 (O&M) DECIDED ON: 21.05.2026 ANKIT KUMAR .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS. ...RESPONDENT(S) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MOUDGIL Present: Mr. J.S. Mor, Advocate for the petitioner(s). Mr. Deepak Balyan, Addl. A.G., Haryana. Mr. G.S. Sandhu, Advocate Sr. Panel Counsel for the respondent No. 3. 2K SANDEEP MOUDGIL, J (ORAL) This writ petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of an appropriate Writ, Order or direction, especially in the nature of Certiorari, quashing the impugned condition no. 2 of the Instructions, Annexure P-11, framed by the respondent no. 3-HPSC in the Preliminary Examination, Paper-I, under Paper Code C1026, Test Booklet Series 196899 against Advertisement No. 22/2026, dated 30.1.2026, Annexure P-8, qua the petitioner, to the extent of rendering the OMR Answer Sheet liable for rejection, as the impugned condition was framed without considering the aspect of human errors trivial in nature, not amounting to material, resulting into cancellation of the candidature of the petitioner for such human error and