P&H: Rejects Art Teacher’s Eligibility Plea, Citing Five-Year Delay and repeated representations or legal notices will not keep issue alive

punjab-haryana
⚖️ Order Date: 13 Oct 2026
Headnotes

(i) Constitution of India, Article 226 — Writ jurisdiction — Delay and laches — Petitioner approached Court more than five years after the final selection result, without offering any plausible explanation for the delay, and a mere filing of a representation could not revive a...

(ii) Constitution of India, Article 226 — Writ jurisdiction — Delay and laches — Cause of action arose when petitioner was declared ineligible and, even earlier, when final selection list was declared without his name — Repeated representations or legal notices will not keep the...


Facts of the Case

P&H: Rejects Art Teacher’s Eligibility Plea, Citing Five-Year Delay and repeated representations or legal notices will not keep issue alive

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a writ petition by a candidate who challenged his exclusion from the selection process for Art and Craft Teacher posts in Haryana. Justice Harpreet Singh Brar held that the candidate had approached the Court more than five years after the final selection result, without giving a plausible explanation for the delay.

The candidate said he had completed a two-year Diploma in Art and Craft for the 2004–2006 session. Although he completed the examination before the original application deadline of August 21, 2006, his diploma certificate was issued in March 2007. The application...

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