IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No. 9688 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION : JULY 6, 2009 SMT. BALJINDER KAUR ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS. .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Mr. Kunal Dawar, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed by Balwinder Kaur, Lecturer in History, Government Kirti College, Nial-Patran, District Patiala. The prayer made in the petition is to issue a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents not to substitute the services of the petitioner, who is working on part-time basis/Guest Lecturer, so as to be replaced by another person on the same terms i.e. part-time basis. Learned counsel contends that the petitioner has been serving Civil Writ Petition No. 9688 of 2009 2 since August, 2008. Learned counsel has also highlighted the fact that a similar issue was raised by similarly situated persons by way of filing CWP 4072 of 2009 (Shri Sarbjit Singh and others v. State of Punjab and others), which was disposed of vide order dated 17.3.2009. Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Mr. B.S. Chahal, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Mr. Chahal has not been able to dispute the facts as stated above. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of in the same terms as order dated 17.3.2009 rendered in CWP 4072 of 2009 (Shri Sarbjit Singh and others v. State of Punjab and others). July 6, 2009 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE