IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP No.1830 of 2009 Date of decision:- 14.12.2009 Apra and others ...Petitioners Versus S.C. Aggarwal, Chief Secretary and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR GARG Present:- Mr. N.C. Kinra, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. M.C.Berry, Additional Advocate General, Punjab for the respondents. RAKESH KUMAR GARG J.(Oral) This Court vide order dated 16.1.2003 directed the Punjab Public Service Commission not to hold the interviews of the candidates, who had appeared in the screening test held during the pendency of the writ petition, for the posts of Lecturers in the subjects of Mathematics, Bio-Chemistry, Economics, Hindi, Philosophy, History, Music (instrument) and Botany. The grievance of the petitioner is that the respondents have issued advertisement dated 04.4.2008, wherein once again applications have been invited for the posts of lecturers in the subjects of Economics, Mathematics and Chemistry etc. in violation of the aforesaid directions of this Court. In response to show-cause notice, issued by this Court, a short affidavit of Shri K.B.S.Sidhu, Principal Secretary on behalf of respondent No.1 has been filed, wherein, it has been submitted as under:- “That the Department of Higher Education sent the requisition of 265 posts of lecturers to be filled up through direct recruitment to the Punjab Public Service Commission. Accordingly, the said posts were advertised on 4.4.08. 2. That Sh. Didar Singh and others and Sh. Amrit Pal and COCP No.1830 of 2009 -2- others filed C.O.C.P. No.568 of 2008 and C.O.C.P. No.117 of 2009 against the above said advertised posts. Both the contempt petitions were disposed of by the Hon'ble High Court in view of the position stated in the short affidavits, that the petitioners could be accommodated against the vacant posts, if they succeed in the writ petitions filed by them. In view of the orders of this Hon'ble Court in the C.O.C.P. No.117 of 2009, the Department has with drawn 40 posts of lecturers from the process of filing up of the posts. 3. That on considering the directions and orders of the Hon'ble High Court in various civil writ petitions filed by a large umber of petitioners, the Department of Higher Education has advised the Punjab Public Service Commission not to proceed further for filling up of the posts, shown in para 2 A and para 2 B as mentioned in the Government Letter No.11/30/09-5Edul/4660 Dated 10.11.2009 till further orders (Annexure R-1), except for the 16 posts for 9 subjects in respect of which there is no litigation or stay orders. The Punjab Public Service Commission has also been given approval for filling up of said 16 posts and has been asked to send its recommendation to the State Government. The detail of these 16 posts has been mentioned in para 2 of the letter attached as annexure R-1.” In view of the aforesaid reply, filed on behalf of the respondents, no further action is required in this petition. Rule discharged. December 14, 2009 ( Rakesh Kumar Garg ) vj Judge