CWP No.4076 of 2011 (1) In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh. Date of decision: 07.03.2011 Manjinder Sood and others .... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and and others. .... Respondents CORAM Hon'ble Mr. Justice Permod Kohli. Present: Mr.Vivek Sharma, Advocate,for the petitioners. Mr.BS Chahal, DAG, Punjab, for the respondents. PERMOD KOHLI, J. (Oral): Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Mr. BS Chahal, DAG, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Requisite number of copies of the writ petition have been supplied to him today itself in Court. Keeping in view the controversy involved and with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties, this petition is disposed of at motion stage itself, without insisting for reply. The petitioners are working as Guest Faculty Lecturers. They are being relieved every year and are called again in the month of August, when new session starts. The respondents are in the habit of replacing the already working Guest Faculty Lecturers with new appointees. They filed the present writ petition in the nature of mandamus directing the CWP No.4076 of 2011 (2) respondents to allow to continue against the posts on which they are working till the regular appointments are made. It is settled principle of law that a temporary arrangement cannot be replaced by a similar temporary arrangement. The respondents are, however, at liberty to make appointment on regular basis by making appropriate advertisement in consonance with Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. However, the respondents cannot be permitted to replace the petitioners to substitute them by similar contractual/temporary arrangements. In view of the above circumstances, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents that the petitioners be not replaced by similar arrangements except if their services are not needed or due to unsuitability and ineligibility. 07.03.2011 (PERMOD KOHLI) BLS JUDGE