IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No.7381 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision:28.7.2011 Vishesh Vashishtha and others .... Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others .... Respondents and C.W.P. No.10618 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision:28.7.2011 Raghuvinder and others .... Petitioners Versus Ch. Devi Lal University and another .... Respondents and C.W.P. No.12077 of 2011 Date of Decision:28.7.2011 Sushil Chaudhary .... Petitioner Versus Ch. Devi Lal University .... Respondent and C.W.P. No.12085 of 2011 Date of Decision:28.7.2011 Poonam Kalera and another .... Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and another .... Respondents and C.W.P. No.12187 of 2011 Date of Decision:28.7.2011 Chetna Sharma .... Petitioner Versus Chaudhary Devi Lal University and another .... Respondents and C.W.P. No.12344 of 2011 Date of Decision:28.7.2011 Sunil Kumar .... Petitioner Versus C.W.P. No.7381 of 2011 (O&M) -2- State of Haryana and another .... Respondents and C.W.P. No.12449 of 2011 Date of Decision:28.7.2011 Jitender Kumar .... Petitioner Versus Ch. Devi Lal University and another .... Respondents and C.W.P. No.12077 of 2011 Date of Decision:28.7.2011 Santosh Vaid .... Petitioner Versus Ch. Devi Lal University and another .... Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present: Mr. Jagjit Gill, Advocate for the petitioners In C.W.P. No.7381 of 2011. Mr. Johan Kumar, Advocate for the petitioners In C.W.P. No.10618 of 2011. Mr. Kamal Mor, Advocate for the petitioner In C.W.P. No.12077 of 2011. Mr. Vipin Yadav, Advocate for the petitioners In C.W.P. No.12085 of 2011. Mr. Amit Singla, Advocate for the petitioner In C.W.P. No.12187 of 2011. Mr. Pankaj Nanhera, Advocate for the petitioner In C.W.P. No.12344 of 2011. Mr. Sajjan Singh, Advocate for the petitioner In C.W.P. No.12449 of 2011. Mr. Kiran Kumar, Advocate for the petitioner In C.W.P. No.13381 of 2011. Mr. Deepak Jindal, D.A.G. Haryana. Mr. Balram Gupta, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Manik Baksh, Advocate for respondent No.2 In C.W.P. No.7381 of 201, C.W.P. No.10618 of 2011 and C.W.P. No.12449 of 2011. C.W.P. No.7381 of 2011 (O&M) -3- Mr. Tejender Joshi, Advocate for the respondent In C.W.P. No.12077 of 2011 and C.W.P. No.12187 of 2011. Mr. Sidharth Batra, Advocate for respondent No.2 In C.W.P. No.12085 of 2011. Mr. Partap Singh, Advocate for respondent No.2 In C.W.P. No.12344 of 2011. **** 1.Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2.To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (Oral) By this common order, all the aforementioned petitions shall stand decided together as controversy involved is similar. The petitioners are stated to be working as Lecturers in different departments of the respondent-University. They filed the present petitions for issuance of directions to the respondents not to terminate services of the petitioners and further petitioners be not replaced by other Guest Faculty as Stop Gap arrangement. Mr. Balram Gupta, Sr. Advocate, learned counsel for the respondent-University has brought to the notice of this Court that the posts against which the present petitioners are working, are temporary and not sanctioned. It is further stated by him that the petitioners, if eligible and subject to the work load, shall be allowed to continue on the posts already held by them. Learned senior counsel has further submitted that the petitioners will not be substituted by similar contractual/temporary arrangements. In view of the above statement made by learned counsel for the respondent-University, the present petition is disposed of with C.W.P. No.7381 of 2011 (O&M) -4- a direction to the respondents that the petitioners will not be replaced by similar arrangement except on account of their being not eligible or their services are not needed. However, the respondents will be at liberty to make regular substantial appointments by following the appropriate procedure under the law as and when regular posts are sanctioned. A copy of this order be placed in the connected cases. 28.7.2011 ( NIRMALJIT KAUR ) rajeev JUDGE