SANDEEP SINGH AND ORS vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 220 CWP-3168-2022 Date of decision: 18.05.2026 Sandeep Singh and others .....Petitioners Versus The State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present : Mr. Krishan Kumar Thakur, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Satnampreet Singh Chauhan, DAG, Punjab. **** NAMIT KUMAR, J. (ORAL) 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioners under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, seeking a writ of certiorari, for quashing the corrigendum/notice dated 18.01.2022 (Annexure P/6), prescribing the additional qualification of passing the Punjab State Teachers Eligibility Test-2 (PSTET-2), for recruitment to the post of Art and Craft Teachers, which is discriminatory and contrary to the rules as similar requirement in the case of recruitment to the post of Elementary Trained Teachers (ETT Teachers) has been dispensed with by the respondent-Education Department, vide notification 20.10.2020 (Annexure P/9) and in view of the notification dated 29.07.2011 (Annexure P/3) issued by the respondent-National Council for Teachers Education, the question of passing of PSETET-2 compulsory for recruit