IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 5731 OF 2008 DATE OF DECISION: April 09, 2008 Parties Name Sarla ..PETITIONER VERSUS State of Haryana and others ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K. C. PURI PRESENT: Mr. Vikas Mor, Advocate, for the petitioner JASBIR SINGH, J. (oral) Order. Petitioner was taken in service on contract basis as a Guest Faculty Teacher vide appointment letter dated November 14, 2007 (P-2). Perusal of document indicates that it was only a stop gap arrangement to tide over the situation, existing at the spot. In this writ petition, it is prayer of the petitioner that she be not relieved till regularly selected Teacher is appointed in her place. We are of the view that the prayer made is liable to be rejected. A contract employee has no right what-so-ever to continue in service, as has been held by a Division Bench of this Court in Civil Writ Petition No. 387 of 2007 (Baldev Singh and others v. State of Haryana and others), decided on August 30, 2007, in which it was observed thus: “It is, thus, clear that the claim of the petitioners for quashing the condition of limiting the period of their appointment does not suffer from any illegality or irregularity CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 5731 OF 2008 -2- which may warrant interference of this Court. In the Constitutional Bench judgment in Secretary, State of Karnataka & others vs. Umadevi & others, (2006) 4 SCC 1, the Hon'ble Supreme Court has allowed the State to engage employees on contract basis by taking into account the requirement of work. The petitioners can neither impose themselves upon the respondents nor they can be allowed to continue beyond the period for which they were engaged as Guest Faculty Teachers. The petitioners also cannot be allowed to continue till regular appointments are made, as Guest Faculty Teachers are appointed only to tide over the situations like death, retirement, resignation, promotion etc.” To get relief, petitioner has relied upon judgment of this Court in Balraj Singh and others vs. State of Haryana and others, ( C.W.P. No. 2743 of 2006), decided on March 20, 2006. Shri Rathee has brought to our notice that operation of judgment in Balraj Singh's case (supra) was stayed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court on September 4, 2006 in S.L.P.(Civil) No. 15325 of 2006, (State of Haryana and others v. Balraj Singh and others). In view of facts, mentioned above, no interference can be made at the instance of the petitioner. Dismissed. ( Jasbir Singh ) Judge ( K. C. Puri ) April 09, 2008. Judge DKC