WP(C) 5871/2000 BEFORE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.MADAN B. LOKUR This matter was adjourned by an order dated 27.11.2007 to await the disp osal of Civil Appeal Nos.7349-7351/2002 pending in the Supreme Court. The issue that arises in this case is that the petitioner was engaged as a Site Engineer in respect of some project with the State Bank of India. His se rvices were terminated by an order dated 12.11.2000 and that is why the petition er preferred this writ petition. In Civil Appeal Nos.7349-7351/2002 (Debajit Das -Vs.- State Bank of Indi a), a similar situation had arisen and the Supreme Court was of the view that th ere is enough project work available in the State Bank of India and, therefore, it would be appropriate to direct the State Bank of India to continue with the t hree appellants in service as long as the project work is available. It was made clear that this order may not be treated as a precedent in any other case. In so far as the factual position in this case is concerned, it is state d by learned counsel that in terms of the order dated 31.10.2000, the petitioner is still continuing in service on a contract basis. There is nothing to suggest that the project work with the State Bank ha ve come to an end. Under these circumstances, following the view taken by the Supreme Court , without treating the order as a precedent, I am inclined to direct the State B ank of India to continue with the engagement of the petitioner on a contractual basis as long as projects are available with the State Bank of India. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of.