C.W.P. No.11439 of 2011 [ 1 ] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No.11439 of 2011 Date of Decision: July 6,2011 Meena Goyal and others .............................. Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others.......................... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Ms. Justice Ritu Bahri 1.To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr. Gurjit S. Lathori, Advocate for the petitioners. ... RITU BAHRI, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. On asking of the Court, Mr. Puneet Gupta, Addl. A.G. Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the State. Keeping in view the nature of relief claimed and with the consent of learned counsel for the parties, this petition is being disposed of at the motion stage itself. All the petitioners are working as Guest Faculty on adhoc basis with the Government Mohindra College, Patiala- respondent No.5. They have been appointed by adopting a C.W.P. No.11439 of 2011 [ 2 ] proper method of selection and interview by a duly constituted committee. The petitioners apprehend that they will be replaced by appointment of guest faculty lecturers on adhoc basis in the session beginning 2011-12. In similar circumstances, this Court in C.W.P. No. 7882 of 2004 has allowed the petitioners to continue in their assignment vide order dated 11.4.2005 (Annexure P3) by granting liberty to the respondents to hold a regular process of selection by inviting applications from all eligible candidates and the petitioners will not be replaced merely by adhoc lecturers. In C.W.P. No. 2865 of 2011 decided on 16.2.2011 the Guest Faculty Lecturers have been allowed to continue and it is directed that they will not be replaced by similar temporary arrangement. It is settled law that the temporary employees cannot be replaced by similar temporary arrangement. The petitioners, who are working on contract basis cannot be removed by a similar temporary arrangement except on account of unsatisfactory service or misconduct on their part or if, their services are not needed. In view of the above circumstances, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents not to replace the petitioners by a similar temporary arrangement except for unsatisfactory service or if, their services are not needed. However, respondents are at liberty to fill up the C.W.P. No.11439 of 2011 [ 3 ] posts on regular basis. In that eventuality the petitioners will make way for the regular appointees. 6.7.2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Rupi JUDGE