IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.13969 of 1991 (O&M) Date of decision:26.08.2011 Sher Singh, Sub Inspector No.67-H, Police Station, Fatehabad, District Hisar. ...Petitioner versus The State of Haryana, through the Commissioner & Secretary to Government, Haryana, Home Department, Chandigarh, and others. ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. Satbir Singh Goripuria, DAG, Haryana. ---- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No. 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? No. 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? No. ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) 1. At the time when the writ petition was admitted, a Bench of this Court has directed that the above writ petition will be taken up along with CWP No.13393 of 1991. The Registry has brought to the attention of the Court that the said case i.e. CWP No.13393 of 1991 has been disposed of along with the batch of cases in CWP No.459 of 1993, dated 08.12.1993. 2. The issue in the case is whether the petitioner, who was officiating in a higher post as a Sub Inspector, was entitled to claim right to be retained in the same and not reverted. It is a fundamental rule that Civil Writ Petition No.13969 of 1991 (O&M) - 2 - adhoc service does not grant a right of lien on that post. A reversion that ensues after the adhoc service is withdrawn cannot be taken as reversion stricto sensu in the eye of law. The substantive post even while officiation is the only post to which he can claim and the impugned order challenging such reversion on the cancellation of adhoc service cannot be complained of. The petitioner cannot, therefore, have any remedy before this Court. 3. However, the writ petition in CWP No.459 of 1993 which dealt with the same situation directed that the persons, who had been reverted, would have their grievances heard and disposed of by the Director General of Police Haryana. If any decision had been taken in the above batch of writ petitions in CWP No.459 of 1993 and if any benefit has been granted, the petitioner would have the similar benefit. Otherwise the order passed reverting him to the substantive post cannot be assailed. 4. The writ petition is disposed of as above. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE 26.08.2011 sanjeev