CWP No.2783 of 1989(O&M) [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.2783 of 1989(O&M) Date of Decision: 13.09.2011 Dharamvir Singh S/o Sh. Dalip Singh, Auction Recorder/Clerk, office of the Market Committee, Jind ... Petitioner Versus The Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board, through its Chief Administrator, Panchkula (Haryana) ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present: None for the parties. ***** 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? NO 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? NO 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest? NO K. KANNAN, J. (Oral) 1. There is no representation on behalf of the petitioner. The case is of the year 1989 and a relief sought for in the writ petition is not to terminate the services of the petitioner till the regular selection is made. The petitioner claims to be an employee in the Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board. Any regularization in a public institution will come only through appropriate recruitment rules and cannot be claimed only with reference to the length of service. There cannot be a prayer against termination of service unless statutory violation is shown and the appointment relates to service, which is protected under Article 311 or an appointment secured by statutory corporations or where the labour laws apply that provides for protection against retrenchment except in the manner referred to under Section 25-F of CWP No.2783 of 1989(O&M) [2] the Industrial Disputes Act. 2. The petitioner claims that he has 231 days service in the respondent-Board. It cannot offer to him even the benefit under Section 25-F, so long as the service is not shown to be continuos service of the prescribed 240 days as defined under Section 25-B of the Industrial Disputes Act. 3. The petitioner is not entitled to any relief. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed. SEPTEMBER 13, 2011 ( K. KANNAN ) Rajan JUDGE