LPA No.365 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH LPA No.365 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 18.5.2010 Dr. Kamna Kaushik ............Appellant Versus State of Haryana and others .........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH -.- Present: Mr. R. K. Malik, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Jitender Bedwal, Advocate for the appellant. ALOK SINGH, J. 1. By way of present intra Court appeal, petitioner/appellant is assailing the order dated 22.12.2009 passed by learned Single Judge of this Court, thereby dismissing the writ petition bearing CWP No.17715 of 2008 titled as Dr. Kamna Kaushik vs. State of Haryana and others challenging the order dated 8.5.2008 passed by Higher Education Commissioner, Haryana, declining to accept the alleged selection dated 11.3.2008. 2. Brief facts of the present case are that Vaish College Bhiwani, Government aided private college, advertised various posts including one post of Lecturer in Hindi (under graduate classes) on 13.10.2007; petitioner applied pursuant to the advertisement; interview was held on 11.3.2008; on 1.7.2008, again the same LPA No.365 of 2010 (O&M) -2- college advertised various posts including one post of Lecturer in Hindi (under Graduate); petitioner in the impression that new post again has been advertised, applied for the said post; petitioner also filed representation 14.7.2008 requesting the college to supply information regarding the result of earlier interview held on 11.3.2008; petitioner was informed that the selection was not approved by the Government; decision dated 8.5.2008, not approving the selection, was assailed by way of writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. 3. Learned Single Judge having observed that since petitioner participated in the subsequent interview for the same post, hence, he can not challenge the selection made pursuant to the subsequent advertisement and can not challenge the disapproval of the earlier selection. 4. We have heard learned Counsel for the appellant and perused the record. 5. From the perusal of the record, it seems that selection was not approved for the reason that on the date of interview, term of the Managing Committee had already expired and no election was held to constitute a new committee. Ad-hoc Committee for the interim period had no right to form the Selection Committee or to issue appointment. 6. Undisputedly, term of the Managing Committee had expired on 24.8.2007. It is also not in dispute that election of new Governing Body of college was to be held on 18.8.2007. Undisputedly, on 4.4.2008, respondent No.3-University constituted LPA No.365 of 2010 (O&M) -3- an ad-hoc Governing Body for the functioning of the college. After the expiry of the term of the Management Committee i.e. on 24.8.2007, earlier/outgoing Management Committee had absolutely no right or jurisdiction to constitute a selection committee and to hold interview on 11.3.2008. Not only this, we are of the opinion that any ad-hoc committee appointed by the University have jurisdiction over only on day to day routine matters but have absolutely no jurisdiction to constitute Selection Committee or to appoint any person. 7. In view of the above, writ petition has no force and was rightly dismissed by the learned Single Judge. 8. The appeal is devoid of merit, hence, is dismissed. (ALOK SINGH) JUDGE (ADARSH KUMAR GOEL) 18th May, 2010 JUDGE ashish