LPA No. 340 of 2011 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH LPA No. 340 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision 25.02.2011 Chaman Lal ---Appellant Versus Union of India and others ---Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.P.S. MANN Present: Mr. P.K. Ganga, Advocate for the appellant. 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? M.M. KUMAR, J. 1. The instant appeal under Clause X of the Letters Patent is directed against judgment dated 22.12.2010 passed by the learned Single Judge holding that the contractual engagement of the appellant who was working as Master, was rightly dispensed with without holding any regular enquiry. It has come on record that in a fact finding enquiry, the appellant was found to have slapped, abused and threatened the student, although student was at fault. According to the learned Single Judge, the appellant should have acted with more responsibility and should not have come to the level of the student. Moreover, he was a contractual employee and did not have any right to hold the post. 2. We have heard learned counsel for the appellant and are LPA No. 340 of 2011 (O&M) -2- of the view that there is no room to admit the appeal, once the appellant has indulged into a behaviour unbecoming of a teacher that his contractual engagement has been rightly dispensed with. He has no right to hold the post nor he would have no protection of Article 311(2) of the Constitution. 3. For the reasons aforementioned, this appeal fails and the same is dismissed. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (T.P.S. MANN) JUDGE February 25, 2011 Atul