Chandigarh, Sep 23: Justice Harpreet Singh Brar observed that "Obtaining an appointment on the basis of forged documents amounts to misrepresentation. Such recruitment is void ab initio (invalid from the very beginning) and would not confer any legal rights or entitlements on the petitioner.” The court dismissed a petition filed by an Assistant Lineman who was removed from service by Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (DHBVNL) after ten years on the job.

The Judge cited the principle that no one can take advantage of his own wrongdoing. The petitioner, Kuldeep, was appointed as an Assistant Lineman in 2012 after applying for the post advertised by the Haryana Staff Selection Commission in 2011.

He produced a certificate showing he had passed the electrician trade from a governme

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