IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.1376 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision : 28.01.2010. Manju Kochar .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Vivek Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. Mr.B.S.Chahal, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the nature of the order which I propose to pass, there is no necessity to seek any counter-reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner seeks a mandamus for her reinstatement/re- employment as a Guest Faculty Lecturer. The petitioner's case is that she was employed as Guest Faculty Lecturer in July, 2006 in Saroop Rani Government College for Women, Rani Ka Bagh, Amritsar. Her services C.W.P.No .1376 of 2010 (O&M) 2 are said to have been discontinued on 17.8.2009. She served the respondents with a legal notice dated 24.8.2009 and in response thereto, as well as pursuant to the information sought under RTI Act, she has been informed vide letter dated 10.9.2009 (Annexure P-3) and 24.9.2009 (Annexure P-4) that her engagement as Guest Faculty has been discontinued due to transfer of a lecturer from Faridkot to the above- mentioned College at Amritsar. It is not the case of the petitioner that she has been replaced by another Guest Faculty Lecturer or the existing work-load justifies her retention. In these circumstances, while no direction can be issued to continue the petitioner as a Guest Faculty Lecturer, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents that as and when services of a Guest Faculty are required in the petitioner's subject, she on account of her previous experience, shall have a preferential right of consideration. Disposed of. Dasti. 28-01-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE