RAJESH KUMAR vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

116+266 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CM-2980-LPA-2026 in/and LPA-115-2025 (O&M) Date of Decision: 7th May, 2026. RAJESH KUMAR .…...Appellant(s) V/s STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS ......Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHIT KAPOOR Present Mr. Jasbir Mor, Advocate and Mr. Amit Dhanda, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. Kanwal Goyal, Advocate for the respondent-HPSC. Mr. Nitin Kaushal, Addl. A.G., Haryana. **** ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA, J. (Oral) CM-2980-LPA-2026 Application is allowed and documents Annexures 6 and 7 are taken on record subject to all just exceptions. LPA-115-2025 (O&M) 1. This Appeal arises out of an order dated 07.11.2024 passed by the learned Single Bench in Writ Petition bearing CWP No. 25680 of 2023 whereby the appellant’s claim for age relaxation in applying for the post of Post Graduate Teacher (Fine Arts), advertised vide advt. No. 27/2023, has been rejected. 2. The undisputed facts are that the appellant was engaged on a contract basis as MIS Coordinator w.e.f. 13.03.2014 in the office of Block Elementary Education Officer-cum-Block Resources Coordinator under the Haryana School Shiksha Pariyojn