IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 13168 of 2003 DATE OF DECISION: 16.10.2006 Rakesh Kumar and another ....... PETITIONERS VERSUS Sarvshiksha Abhiyan through Shri Roshan Lal, IAS, Managing Director and others ..........RESPONDENTS CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI PRESENT: Mr.SK Sud, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Girish Agnihotri, Advocate for respondents 1 & 2 Mr.Harish Rathee,Sr.dAG Hry. for the State. M.M.KUMAR,J. The petitioners have filed the instant petition under Article 226 of the Constitution for issuance of a direction to the respondents to consider them for absorption against the vacant posts of Junior Engineers. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties we are of the considered view that no such directions could be issued for absorption of the petitioners against the vacant posts of Junior Engineers in view of the Constitution Bench judgment of Hon’ble the Supreme Court in the case of Secretary, State of Karnataka v. Umadevi, (2006) 4 SCC 1 as well as a detailed judgment of this Court in the case of Rajinder Kumar v. State of Haryana, 2006 (2) PLR 474. Therefore, the instant petition fails and the same is dismissed. ( M.M.KUMAR ) JUDGE October 16, 2006 ( M.M.S. BEDI ) TSM JUDGE