CWP No.15297 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No.15297 of 2008 Date of decision: 12.9.2008 Harpreet Singh & others ..Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Vivek Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioners. Ashutosh Mohunta, J. (oral) The petitioners, who had been engaged as Education Volunteers, are aggrieved by the order dated 25th August, 2008, vide which the appointments of the petitioners in Government Primary Schools in Block II, Malerkotla, have been cancelled. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners were selected by the Village Education Development Committee constituted under the Sarav Shiksha Abhiyan Authority as Education Volunteers and that their services cannot be terminated without giving them show cause notice. A perusal of clause 12 of Annexure P-1, which are the instructions regarding the temporary appointment of Education Volunteers, shows that the appointment of petitioners was on temporary basis and education volunteers could be relieved without any show CWP No.15297 of 2008 2 cause notice. After hearing learned counsel for the petitioners, we find no merits in the writ petition as the petitioners were working as temporary Education Volunteers and they have no substantive right on the post. They have been relieved from the service in accordance with the instructions (Annexure P-1). No merits. Dismissed. (ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA) JUDGE (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE September 12, 2008 'rajpal'