(1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, AURANGABAD BENCH, AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO. 9687 OF 2010 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through Government Pleader, High Court Bench at Aurangabad. 2. The Secretary, Medical Education & Drugs Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai-32. 3. The Director, Medical Education and Research, Government Dental College & Hospital Building, 4th Floor, St. George Hospital Compound, Mumbai-1. 4. The Dean, .. Petitioners Govt. Medical College & Hospital, (Original Aurangabad. respondents) versus Dr. Sow. Uma w/o. Sudhir Choudhary, Age : 32 years, Occupation : Medical Record Librarian, .. Respondent Government Medical College & Hospital, (Original Aurangabad. applicant) ....................... (2) Mr. N.B. Patil, Assistant Government Pleader, for the petitioners. Mr. A.S. Deshmukh, Advocate, for the respondent. ........................ CORAM : B.R. GAVAI & A.A. SAYED, JJ. DATE : 25TH OCTOBER 2010 COURT'S ORDER (Per B.R. Gavai, J.) : 1. The petitioners / State and its authorities have challenged the order dated 24th July 2009, passed by the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, Mumbai, Bench at Aurangabad, in Original Application No. 15/1999, thereby granting relief in favour of the respondent, on the ground that an ad hoc employee cannot be replaced by another ad hoc employee. 2. It is a settled principle of law, that an ad hoc employee cannot be replaced by another ad hoc employee and ad hoc employee is entitled to continue till such time, a regular employee is available. In that view of the matter, no case is made out for interference in exercise of writ jurisdiction. (3) 3. In the result, the petition is dismissed. ( A.A. SAYED ) ( B.R. GAVAI ) JUDGE JUDGE ......................... bgp/wp9687