IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (S/S) No. 767 of 2010. Sunil Dutt Brijwan S/O Manohar Lal Brijwan. … Petitioner. Vs. State of Uttarakhand and others. …Respondents. Mr. Puran Singh Bisht, Advocate, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. N.P.Sah, learned Standing Counsel for the respondent no.1 to 4 and 7. Date August 30, 2010. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. (Stay Application No. 7315 of 2010) Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought a writ in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned adjustment order dated 21-6-2010 (Annexure-7 to the writ petition) passed by respondent no.4, whereby directions were given to the District Education Officers to adjust the employees who were appointed as per Rules. According to the petitioner, he was appointed as an Assistant Teacher on contract basis from 8-2-2005 to 7-11-2005 in Bharat Sanskrit Vidyalaya Rishikesh, Dehradun. The petitioner has annexed Annexure-1 to show his contractual appointment. It is stated in paragraph no. 3 of the petition that the petitioner himself submitted an application on 20-3-2005 that he is ready to work on the post of Assistant Teacher without any salary to the District Education Officer Dehradun. The petitioner was appointed on that ground on 12-3-2006 as is evident from Annexure-2 to the petition. The petitioner claims to have been again appointed on contract basis on 16-1-2010 on consolidated honorarium of Rs. 6,000/-. It is not disputed that by the order impugned, adjustment was made of the regular employees of the recognized Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya/Vidyalaya in the State of Uttarakhand. 2 The petitioner having been appointed purely on contract basis cannot occupy the seat of a regular employee, who services were adjusted by order dated 21-6-2010, therefore, the petitioner cannot challenge the impugned order. The writ petition being devoid of merit is liable to be dismissed outright at the threshold. The writ petition is dismissed in limine. (B.S.Verma,J.) RCP