An employee appointed on an ad hoc basis cannot claim any right to continue in service.

( 1 ) RADIOGRAPHER in the first respondent Organisation, has challenged the order of termination of his ad hoc service. The case of the petitioner that could be cornered from the averments in the writ petition is as follows : The petitioner applied to the AIIMS (first respondent) to be appointed as Radiographer. On 10. 10. 1979 he was appointed as Radiographer on a pay of Rs. 330. 00 p. m. in the pay scale of Rs. 330-560 plus usual allowances as admissible to the Central Government servants purely on a temporary basis for a period of three months. This temporary ad hoc service was being extended in the Research Institute. In or about in the year 1984, AIIMS allowed the petitioner for interview alongwith others for the post of Radiographer for "rlu Project under Dr. B. N. Tandon, Prof. and Head Deptt. of Eastroentrology, AIIMS. On 8. 10. 1984 a communication was sent from the Officer Incharge of the Project to the petitioner in the following terms :

"subject : Recruitment to the post of Radiographer for RLU Project. Under Dr. B. N. Tandan, Prof. and Head Deptt. of Castroentrology, AIIMS. With reference to your application for the post of Radiographer for RLU Project, you are requested to appear for an interview to be held on 22nd October, 1984 at 2. 00 p. m. in the office room of Candc Section, 1st Floor, Administrative Block, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 110 029. 2. You may please note the following instructions carefully : (i) You shall have to bear travelling and other expenses yourself, for attending the interview. (ii) You should please bring the originals of degrees, diplomas etc. in support of your academic qualifications and testimonials etc. in support of your experience. (iii) Your application has not been received through proper channel. You are advised to bring a letter from your present employer, indicating that they (the employer) have no objection to your appearing for the interview and in the event of your selection you should be relieved in time. Your candidature shall not be considered, if such a certificate is not produced by you at the time of interview. 3. You are further advised to bring a no objection certificate from your present employer, if you have taken any other employment after applying for the post at this Institute. 4. The receipt of this communication may please be acknowledged imediately. "

( 2 ) THE petitioner was not selected. On 27. 5. 1986 the petitioner was issued with an order appointing him as Radiographer again on temporary basis for a period of three months. On 29. 4. 1987 the ad hoc appointment of the petitioner was put to an end and the order reads as under:

"subject: Ad hoc appointment to the post of Radiographer - Termination thereof. In contiration of this office memorandum of even number dated the 16th December, 1986, on the subject noted above, it is notified that the services of Shri Dharam Paul, Radiographer (ad hoc) are no longer required w. e. f. 26. 4. 1987 (AN) he may be relieved accordingly. "

( 3 ) THE petitioner made representations and there having no reply the petitioner approached the Administrative Tribunal and thereupon as the Tribunal had no jurisdiction, to this Court. The main case of the petitioner is that he had been in continuous service and, therefore, his services cannot be terminated.

( 4 ) THE first respondent had taken the stand that the petitioner was appointed only on ad hoc basis and he was recruited to any post on the cadre in the first respondent Organisation and, therefore, the petitioner cannot claim any right to continue in service challenging the order passed on 29. 4. 1987. In paragraph 2 of the counter, the first respondent would state :

"paragraph 3 of the petitioner is a matter of record. It is correct that the petitioner s appointment under the said Research Unit known as "raj Garhia Liver Research Unit" was extended from time-to-time and the petitioner worked under the said arrangement from