IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.7180 of 2008 Date of Decision: 1.5.2008 Mrs.Savita Lamba Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.C.PURI Present: Shri Rajesh Malik, Advocate for the petitioner Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) By filing this writ petition the petitioner has laid challenge to the order dated 23.4.2008 (P/3), vide which, she has been relieved on joining of regular Lecturer in Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Deepal Pur, District Sonepat. It is an admitted fact that the petitioner was working as a guest faculty teacher on contract basis. Vide order Annexure P/4, a regular teacher has been ordered to be posted in the School, where she was working. We feel that in view of ratio of a Division Bench judgment of this Court in Baldev Singh and others v. The State of Haryana and others (CWP No.387 of 2007) decided on 30.8.2007, the petitioner has no right whatsoever to remain on the post. In that judgment while discussing rights of the guest faculty teachers, it was observed thus:- Civil Writ Petition No.7180 of 2008 “It is, thus, clear that the claim of the petitioners for quashing the condition of limiting the period of their appointment does not suffer from any illegality or irregularity which may warrant interference of this Court. In the Constitutional Bench judgment in Secretary, State of Karnataka & others v. Umadevi & others, (2006) 4 SCC 1, the Hon’ble Supreme Court has allowed the State to engage employees on contract basis by taking into account the requirement of work. The petitioners can neither impose themselves upon the respondents nor they can be allowed to continue beyond the period for which they were engaged as Guest Faculty Teachers. The petitioners also cannot be allowed to continue till regular appointments are made, as Guest Faculty Teachers are appointed only to tide over the situation like death, retirement, resignation, promotion, etc.” No case is made out for interference. Dismissed. (Jasbir Singh) Judge May 01, 2008 (K.C. Puri) gk Judge 2