WP(C) 5558/2009 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE B. K. SHARMA Heard Mr. I. H. Birbhuiya, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Mr. S. Sumoria, learned Standing Counsel, Agriculture Department. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for a direction to the respondents to reinstate her in service. The prayer so made is on account of he r temporary engagement way back in 1996 by order dated 10.6.96. She was temporar ily appointed for a period of 3 (three) months as LDA. Thereafter, she file a wr it petition being Civil Rule No. 2845/1996 challenging the appointment of anothe r candidate, which was stayed by order dated 18.6.1996. Thereafter the writ peti tion was dismissed being infructuous by order dated 27.11.1998. It is on the above basis, the petitioner claims reinstatement in service . Merely because the petitioner had rendered services for three months on tempor ary basis about 14 years back, she cannot claim automatic appointment de hors th e recruitment rules. Consequently, the writ petition is dismissed.