IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 6936 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION : 07.05.2009 Chander Parkash and others .... PETITIONERS Versus State of Haryana and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. Aman Pal, Advocate, for the petitioners. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. The petitioners, who are working as Lab Assistant/Lab Attendant in Hindu College, Sonepat, have filed the instant petition for quashing the resolution dated 7.2.2009 (Annexure P-1), passed by Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak – respondent University, whereby the vacations of the petitioners are alleged to have been illegally and arbitrarily reduced, without any reason. It is the case of the petitioners that the respondents, while putting them in the category of non-teaching staff, have denied the benefit of vacations, which has been given to the teaching staff i.e. Principal and the Lecturers. It is stated that the teaching staff has been given two months' summer vacation holidays from 1st May to 30th June, but the same benefit CWP No. 6936 of 2009 -2- has been denied to the petitioners. I have heard counsel for the petitioners and gone through the impugned resolution, whereby it has been proposed that the non-teaching employees will be allowed vacations not exceeding half of the summer, autumn and winter vacations and the dates from which these vacations may be allowed to individual employee may be left to the discretion of the Head of the Department/Principal of the College and they will be allowed earned leave for performing duties during vacations as per the University Rules. By the impugned resolution, the only change which has been proposed is the discretion given to the Head of the Department/Principal of the College for allowing the vacations to individual employee. No reduction has been made in the summer vacations of the non-teaching staff. Undisputedly, the petitioners are working as Lab Assistant/Lab Attendant and they do not fall within the category of the teaching staff. Therefore, I do not find any merit in the instant petition and the same is, accordingly, dismissed. May 07, 2009 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE