Williamjeet Singh v. Amandeep Bansal

-1IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP-1327-2023 (O&M) Date of Decision: 30.10.2025 Williamjeet Singh ......Petitioner Vs.

Amandeep Bansal ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA

Present:

Ms. Kusum Raj, Advocate, for Mr. A.D.S.Jattana, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Ravneet S. Joshi, DAG, Punjab, for the respondent.

**** SUDEEPTI SHARMA J. (Oral) 1.

The present contempt petition has been filed for deliberate and intentional disobedience of order dated 20.04.2023 passed by this Court in CWP-8097-2023.

2.

This Court had passed the following order in CWP-8097-2023, vide its order dated 20.04.2023:- "1.

The petitioner prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus to direct the official respondents to award three grace marks for the incorrect/multiple correct answers to question No. 3, 19 and 38.

2.

The learned State counsel, on the instructions from Mr. Mohit, Senior Assistant, Subordinate Service Selection Board, Punjab, has submitted that the correctness of the

-2aforesaid questions is being reconsidered by the government and a conscious decision shall be taken within a period of one week, positively, from today.

3.

Keeping in view the aforesaid facts, no further order is required to be passed. Consequently, the present writ petition is disposed of."

3.

In compliance of the order dated 20.04.2023 passed by this Court in CWP-8097-2023, compliance affidavit dated 01.12.2023 of Ms. Amarbir Kaur Bhullar, Secretary, Subordinate Services Selection Board, Punjab, S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali), along with speaking order dated 04.05.2023 (Annexure R-1), has been filed on behalf of the respondent before the Registry. The same is taken on record. The relevant portion of the said compliance affidavit is reproduced as under:- "4.

That, in complaince to the orders of Hon'ble High Court the Board in order to re-examine the correctness of the three questions i.e. question Sr. No.3, 19, 38 of booklet series 'B' has constituted a committee consisting 5 members committee of subject experts of Punjab Department, Patiala, Director, Department of Education Secondary and District Language Officer Mohali. The committee considered the objections raised by the petitioner and found that the final answer key published on the website of the office of Subordinate Services Selection Board Punjab is correct in itself and therefore, this final answer key requires no amendment or modification regarding answer key to the question Sr. No.3, 19 & 38 of question booklet series 'B'. The Board has passed the speaking order dated 04.05.2023 rejecting the claim of the petitioner on the basis of the report submitted by the expert committee in compliance to the order dated 20.04.2023 passed by the Hon'ble High

-3Court in CWP No.8047 of 2023. The copy of the speaking order is attached as Annexure R-1."

4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner, at the very outset, submits that order dated 20.04.2023 passed by this Court in CWP-8097-2023 is complied with.

5.

In view of the above, since order dated 20.04.2023 passed by this Court in CWP-8097-2023 has already been complied with, therefore, the present contempt is purged and rule stands discharged. 6.

Pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of. (SUDEEPTI SHARMA) JUDGE 30.10.2025 Virender Whether speaking/non-speaking : Yes/No Whether reportable : Yes/No