IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.9476 of 2010 Date of Decision : July 20, 2010. Manoj Kumar and others .....Petitioners versus The Punjab State Electricity Board and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Sameer Sachdeva, Advocate, for the petitioners. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) In this civil writ petition, the petitioners seek quashing of the order dated 25.3.2010 (Annexure P-8) whereby their claim for continuation in service as Meter Readers/Bill Distributors/Cashiers on contractual posts has been rejected. The petitioners were appointed by the erstwhile Punjab State Electricity Board (now Punjab State Power Corporation Limited) as Meter Readers/Bill Distributors for a specific term on contractual basis on payment of per meter reading charges. It appears that the authorities have not found viable the contractual arrangement and have decided to go for out-sourcing. The petitioners feeling aggrieved have approached this Court. C.W.P.No .9476 of 2010 2 In my considered view, the petitioners who have not been appointed through any competitive test or a transparent method, have no legal right to claim continuation on contract basis, especially when the job assigned to them is sought to be out-sourced as a matter of policy. Dismissed. July 20, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE