IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.19185 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: October 13, 2011 Warpal Kaur …..Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.M.S. Bedi, Advocate for the petitioner .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) Petitioner has prayed for issuance of a writ of certiorari for quashing order dated 10.10.2011 (Annexure P- 6) passed by District Education Officer (Senior Secondary), Gurdaspur whereby powers of Drawing & Disbursing Officer have been withdrawn. Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that powers of Drawing & Disbursing Officer were conferred on the petitioner she being the senior-most. However, vide impugned order said powers have been withdrawn in violation of the policy and instructions dated 23.12.2010. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner. I appears that petitioner is working as a Lecturer (Punjabi) in Government Senior Secondary School, Wadala Bangar, District Gurdaspur. On 3.5.2010 she had submitted a request that powers of Drawing & Disbursing Officer be given to someone else as she had some family problems. Vide order of same date, respondent No.3 assigned Civil Writ Petition No.19185 of 2011 - 2 - the duties of Drawing & Disbursing Officer to Buta Singh, respondent No.4, Lecturer (Physical Education) as a stop- gap arrangement. However, by a subsequent order dated 5.10.2011 (Annexure P-5) said powers were again conferred on the petitioner. It was directed that she would act as a Drawing & Disbursing Officer till appointment of a new head. Vide impugned order (Annexure P-6), the powers of Drawing & Disbursing Officer were assigned to Tarsem Pal, Principal, Government Senior Secondary School, Kalanaur. Aggrieved, the petitioner has preferred the instant writ petition. Only grievance raised before this court is that powers of Drawing & Disbursing Officer should be with the petitioner she being the senior-most in the school. Reliance has been placed on instructions dated 23.12.2010 issued by the Government. It is clear that petitioner is a Lecturer (Punjabi) in Government Senior Secondary School, Wadala Bangar her job being of teaching the students in the subject in which she is a lecturer. The duty of Drawing & Disbursing Officer is an ancillary function to be performed by a teacher. No legal right is vested in an employee to claim the powers of Drawing & Disbursing Officer. Though no instructions have been placed on record in respect of the contention that said powers can be given to senior-most teacher yet any instructions of this nature would only be nothing more than guidelines. This apart, there is nothing on record to show that Principal of Government Senior Secondary School, Kalanaur is not eligible to act as a Drawing & Disbursing Officer. 2 Civil Writ Petition No.19185 of 2011 - 3 - I am of the considered view that there is no merit in this petition. The same is hereby dismissed. October 13, 2011 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE 3