IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP No. 2773 of 2010. Decided on: May 31, 2010. Nand Lal. ….. Petitioner. Versus State of H.P. & ors. ….. Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. For the petitioner Mr. Javed Khan, Advocate. For the Respondents Mr. R.K.Sharma, Sr. Addl. AG for respondents No. 1 to 3. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) CMP No. 4054 of 2010 Allowed. The application is disposed of. CWP No. 2773 of 2010 The Writ Petition is filed with the following prayer:- “a) That a writ in the nature of mandamus may kindly be issued to allow the petitioner to join as Lecturer in History for which post he was duly appointed on PTA basis Government Senior Secondary School, Shankar Dehra, District Mandi, H.P.” 2. Learned Senior Additional Advocate General submits that only a regular teacher has been appointed in the post occupied by the petitioner and by the very fact that the petitioner is a PTA teacher, the petitioner has to give room for a regular teacher since the PTA is only an adhoc arrangement made by the Parent Teacher Association. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner, however, submits that there are several vacancies available to accommodate the regular teacher and the fourth respondent need not be appointed in place of 2 the petitioner and in case the fourth respondent is accommodated, the petitioner will have to go out and there is no other place where he can be accommodated since he is only PTA teacher. 4. It is certainly open to the petitioner to point out this aspect before the second respondent, in which case the second respondent will consider whether the fourth respondent can be accommodated at any other suitable place so that the petitioner can continue. Necessary orders in that regard shall be passed within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the representation alongwith a copy of this judgment. However, it is clarified that such continuance of the petitioner, if required and in the event of any vacancy available, shall be permitted only in case the petitioner fulfills the required qualification. 5. The Writ Petition is disposed of, so also the pending application(s), if any. Copy Dasti. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice. May 31, 2010. ( Justice Rajiv Sharma), (karan/vs) Judge.