C.W.P No. 2007 of 2009 ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P No. 2007 of 2009 Date of decision : May 07, 2009 Virender Singh, ...... Petitioner (s) v. State of Haryana and others, ...... Respondent(s) *** CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI *** Present : Mr. Kuldeep Tiwari, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr. DAG Haryana for the respondents. *** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? *** AJAY TEWARI, J This writ petition has been filed claiming appointment to the post of Guest Lecturer. The ground taken is that the merit of the petitioner was higher than that of the selected candidate. On a complaint made by the petitioner, an inquiry was conducted and the assertion of the petitioner was found to be correct. In the written statement these facts are not disputed. However, it is alleged that the petitioner is not entitled to the relief because he had earlier filed a civil suit which was dismissed in default. In reply to this, C.W.P No. 2007 of 2009 ::2:: counsel for the petitioner has submitted that after the civil suit was filed, a regularly appointed Lecturer joined the post against which the petitioner was claiming and, therefore, the said suit had been rendered infructuous. Thereafter, the government had itself issued guidelines as per which even those Guest Lecturers against whose posts regularly selected candidates were appointed would be entitled to be adjusted. The petitioner claims such an adjustment. In my opinion, the claim of the petitioner deserves acceptance. It cannot be denied that the petitioner should have been appointed when the original selection was made. That being so, the claim of the petitioner has to be accepted particularly in view of subsequent guidelines whereby Guest Lecturers who had been displaced by regular appointees had to be adjusted. Consequently, this writ petition is allowed and the respondents are directed to offer appointment to the petitioner against any vacant post. Needful be done within two months from the receipt of a certified copy of this order. ( AJAY TEWARI ) May 07, 2009. JUDGE `kk'