THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.18937 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioners claim that they have worked as contract lecturers in various subjects in Government Junior Colleges for different spells. The 1st respondent issued guidelines in memo, dated 16.05.2008, directing inter alia that before fresh candidates are considered for appointment as lecturers on contract basis, the cases of the displaced or transferred contract lecturers must be considered in preference. Through another memo, dated 29.06.2011, the 1st respondent directed that all contract lecturers, who were disturbed during the current academic year, should be accommodated, if they have achieved required results. The petitioners feel aggrieved by the said condition. According to them, the candidates with hardly few months experience are being preferred to those who have experience of years together. Heard Sri S.Gopal Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Higher Educations. The appointment of lecturers on contract basis itself is a temporary phenomenon. The appointments are made each time for a limited period of maximum one year. The guidelines are issued in the context of making appointments after completion of the term of contract. It is not in dispute that the indiscriminate replacement of persons, who are already engaged as lecturers on contract basis, would lead to uncertainty and in turn would effect the standards of the institution. The petitioners may have worked for certain period. For one reasons or the other, they were not employed in the previous academic year. Their claim that being more experienced than the persons who are appointed in the previous academic year, they must be given preference, cannot be accepted. At the same time, if any fresh vacancy arises, the cases of the petitioners certainly deserve to be considered and the experience gained by them must be taken into account. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of directing that in case any appointments on contractual basis are made, against fresh vacancies, the cases of the petitioners shall be considered duly taking into account the experience, which they had as contract lecturers. There shall be no order as to costs. __________ 16.08.2011 JSU THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.18937 of 2011 Date: 16.08.2011 JSU