The Double Bench of the Chief Justice of the High Court, Justice Ravi Shankar Jha and Justice Arun Palli, in its order dated March 14, 2022, also directed the State Governments of Haryana and Punjab that if any representation is made by the petitioner, the same shall be . Due investigation will be done and appropriate measures/decision will be taken in this regard.
According to the information, Charanpal Singh Bagri, a High Court advocate and a government service aspirant, belonging to the Sikh community had filed a civil writ petition (CWP-PIL-65-2019) on March 30, 2019, against a notice. Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) has prohibited the candidates appearing for the Haryana Civil Services and Other Allied Services Preliminary Examination-2017 to be held on March 31, 2019, from carrying religious symbols of any religion etc. to the examination centre. Advocate Bagri had prayed for directions, in which the states of Haryana and Punjab as well as the Union of India to enact a law requiring Sikhs to carry, wear, the five religious symbols of Sikhism i.e. Kes, Kanga, Karha, Kirpan and Kachiara. and was allowed to keep. Put any kind of restriction on Sikh students.
The High Court, in its interim order dated March 30, 2019, quashed the notice of HPSC and directed the concerned authorities to upload this order on their website, specifically the instructions issued in the last part in bold letters. In order that such baptized Sikh candidates intend to carry the groans and kirpans to the examination centres, they should reach there one hour before the reporting time and the authorities shall examine their groans and kirpans to detect any suspicious device. should be allowed.
Giving the final order on this petition on March 4, 2022, the High Court order stated, “…Advocate for the States of Punjab and Haryana, submit that if the petitioner is concerned with regard to his concerns and grievances to the respective State Governments, makes a representation, the same shall be duly considered and dealt with in accordance with law.”
The petitioner submitted that he would make a comprehensive representation to both the State Governments at the earliest.
The High Court disposed of the petition on the basis of the statements made by the learned counsel for the parties.
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times of India“This is our victory in the High Court and very soon we will hand over a comprehensive representation to the state governments of Punjab and Haryana,” Advocate Charanpal Singh said on Wednesday.