IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 413 of 2009 Date of decision: 06.05.2009 Hardev Singh … Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Ors. … Respondents Coram : The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta, Judge. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.K. Ahuja, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 No. For the Petitioner: Mr. P.P. Chauhan, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General with Mr. R.M. Bisht, Deputy Advocate General, for respondents No. 1 to 5. Per Deepak Gupta, J. (Oral): The petitioner by means of this writ petition has challenged the impugned orders whereby his appointment as PTA teacher in Govt. Senior Secondary School, Bajaura, as DPE has been set aside. Mr. Chauhan has urged that no complaint was ever made within a reasonable time against the appointment of the petitioner and that the Committee has applied the criteria laid down in the year 2008 to the appointment of the petitioner, which was made much earlier. He submits that these new conditions could not have been given retrospective effect. We are not going into the merits of this contention because the State in its reply has stated that a regular hand has been 1Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 appointed as DPE in the Govt. Senior Secondary School, Bajaura. There can be no manner of doubt that the appointment of a PTA is only a temporary arrangement which must give way to a regular hand. It is in the interest of the students that regularly appointed teachers teach them. The PTA teachers are appointed from the vicinity of the school without much publicity. Regular hands are appointed as per the Recruitment and Promotion Rules after following a well thought out procedure for selection. Since a regular hand has been appointed, the petitioner can no longer have any claim to the post of DPE. In view of this subsequent development, the writ petition is disposed of as having become infructuous. CMP No. 745 of 2009: In view of the orders passed in the main petition, the stay order dated 18.2.2009 stands vacated and the application also stands disposed of ( Deepak Gupta ), Judge ( V.K. Ahuja ), May 06, 2009 Judge (BSS) 3