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...