CWP/4469/2019 on 31 December 2019

THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA

CWP No. 4469 of 2019. Decided on: 31.12.2019. _______________________________________________________________ Sunny Verma …..Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Others …..Respondents _______________________________________________________________

Coram:

Hon’ble Mr. Justice L. Narayana Swamy, Chief Justice. Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioner : Mr. Umesh Kanwar, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. Ashok Sharma, Advocate General with Mr. J.K.Verma, Mr. Adarsh Sharma, Ms. Ritta Goswami and Mr. Nand Lal Thakur, Additional Advocates General, for respondent No. 1. Ms. Anjali Soni, Advocate, for respondent No.2. Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J.

(oral). The grievance of the petitioner is that the certificate issued to him by respondent No.3/Grameen Mukt Vidhyalayi Shiksha Sansthan in respect of his clearing 10th class examination is not being treated to be a valid certificate by respondent No.2, i.e. H.P. Board of School Education, H.P.

2. The validity of the certificates issued by Grameen Mukt Vidhyalayi Shiksha Sansthan during the period from 01.12.2017 to 05.02.2019 has been adjudicated upon by this Court in CWP No. 849/2019 and in various other matters. The certificates issued by respondent No.3, during the aforesaid 1Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment?

period, have been held to be valid on the basis of written instructions placed on record in the above numbered writ petition.

3. In this view of the matter, the petitioner may represent to respondent No.2 accordingly within a period of two weeks from today, where- after, respondent No.2, after verification of the 10th class certificate in accordance with law and judgment passed by this Court in CWP No. 849/2019 and in connected matters, may decide the same and take requisite action in the matter within two weeks thereafter. In the meanwhile, respondent No.2 is directed to provisionally allow the petitioner to apply and appear in the examination under the Notification dated 2.11.2019 (Annexure P-8) subject to satisfying other terms and conditions. This provisional permission shall abide by the final decision on the representation of the petitioner. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly, so also, pending applications, if any. (L. Narayana Swamy)

Chief Justice

(Jyotsna Rewal Dua) Judge 31st December, 2019 (reena)