CWP No.4870 of 2011.doc - 1 – HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.4870 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 17.03.2011 **** Satnam Singh & Anr. . . . . Petitioners VS. State of Punjab & Ors. . . . . Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 1. Whether Reporters of local papers 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? **** Present: Mr. VS Rana, Advocate for the petitioners ***** SURYA KANT J. (ORAL) (1). The petitioners are working as Electrician and Driver, respectively for the last more than 16/15 years with respondent No.3-College. They apprehend termination of their services in order to make fresh appointments in their place. The petitioners accordingly seek a direction to direct the respondents to regularize their services as they fulfill the criteria/guidelines laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Secretary, State of Karnataka v. Uma Devi & Ors. (2006) 4 SCC 1. (2). It may be mentioned here that respondent No.2-College has since been taken over by the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. It is the petitioners’ case that they cannot be kept on tenterhook for the entire service tenure CWP No.4870 of 2011.doc - 2 – and deserves to be conferred the status of regular employees. (3). Having heard learned counsel for the petitioners, I am of the considered view that if the averments with regard to the satisfactory service period of more than 16-15 years were to be tr4ue, the claim of the petitioners for absorption on regular basis deserves to be considered in the light of the policy decisions taken by the State of Punjab from time to time for regularization of ad hoc/contractual employees as respondent No.2-University is fully funded by the State of Punjab only. (4). However, without expressing any final opinion in relation to the petitioners’ claim, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with liberty to the petitioners to submit a representation(s) along with relevant Government policies regarding regularization of services issued from time to time, within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. The University Authorities are directed to consider and dispose of the petitioners’ claim that may be contained in the above-stated representation(s) as early as possible and preferably within a period of three months of its receipt. CWP No.4870 of 2011.doc - 3 – (5). Till then status quo regarding petitioners’ service shall be maintained. (6). Ordered accordingly. Dasti. 17.03.2011 vishal shonkar (S u r y a K a n t) Judge