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SELECTION PROCEDURE:
The recruitment in the concerned category will be made only on the basis of merit by calculating the percentage of marks obtained in the prescribed basic and professional qualification and the higher qualification and experience countersigned by concerned District Education Officer (S.E.) or by competent authority, if admissible. The criteria for calculating the merit would be as under:- 1(A) Max. Marks as per the percentage of educational and (B) For non teaching (Sr. Laboratory Attendant and Library Restorer) Cadre max. marks as per the percentage of total

15. The experience for the teaching posts will be considered only of the Government, non Government Aided, recognized and affiliated schools. The experience certificate should be countersigned by the District Education Officer (Secondary) of the concerned District."

As per advertisement, maximum 10 marks were admissible towards weightage for experience by assigning one mark for each year of experience after obtaining the basic qualification.

The stand taken by the respondent authorities that the certificate dated 14.8.2013 claiming experience from 24.3.2008 onwards 7 of 11 and till the last date of submission of application forms i.e. 9.10.2009 from Assumption Convent School, Abohar also cannot be taken into account as such certificate is not countersigned by the District Education Officer is misconceived.

In the relevant clause under the advertisement detailing the selection procedure it was specifically mentioned that the merit would be calculated on the basis of percentage of marks obtained in the prescribed basic/professional/higher qualifications and experience countersigned by the concerned District Education Officer or by Competent Authority, if, admissible.

Furthermore, the petitioner has also made out a case of having been discriminated against. In the writ petition it has been specifically averred that another candidate namely Vandana Mittal (Registration No.20090795) has been granted weightage towards experience certificate, even though, the experience certificate had not been countersigned by the District Education Officer. By way of response in the written statement, it has been conceded that one mark towards experience had been awarded to Vandana Mittal as her experience certificate had been countersigned by the Regional Manager, Punjab School Education Board, Patiala. It is difficult 9 of 11 to fathom as to on what basis the respondent authorities are treating the Assistant Secretary, Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi to be not the competent authority to countersign an experience certificate as opposed to the Regional Manager, Punjab School Education Board, Patiala. The respondent authorities are clearly adopting different yardsticks in the matter of grant of weightage towards experience while computing merit in a common selection process. Such action would have to be held to be violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. The petitioner is, accordingly, held entitled to the weightage of 2 marks towards experience and her merit to be determined as 62.576% instead of 60.576 and as had been calculated by the respondents earlier in point of time.