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2025 Supreme(Raj) 1146
HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN (JODHPUR BENCH)
JUSTICE DINESH MEHTA, J
Smt Sandeep Kour - Appellant
Versus
The State of Rajasthan - Respondent
CW / 5025 / 2025
Decided On : 24-02-2025
Mr. Vikas K. Bishnoi, Mr. N.S. Rajpurohit, AAG assisted by Mr. Sher Singh Rathore
The court ruled that employees on urgent temporary basis must be accommodated in available vacancies until regularly selected candidates are appointed.
Headnote:
(A) Constitution of India - The action of the respondents in terminating the services of the petitioners was challenged as illegal and arbitrary due to the availability of vacancies despite the appointment of regularly selected employees. (Paras 2, 3, 5)
(B) Employment Law - The court emphasized the need to accommodate employees on urgent temporary basis in available vacancies until regularly selected candidates are appointed. (Paras 5, 6)
Facts of the case:
The petitioners were appointed temporarily as Nursing Officers and their services were terminated despite vacancies remaining in the department. They sought reinstatement and accommodation in available posts. (Paras 1, 3)
Findings of Court:
The court directed the respondents to ascertain vacancies and consider accommodating the petitioners until regularly selected candidates are available. (Paras 5, 6)
Issues: The main issues included the legality of the termination of services and the obligation of the respondents to accommodate the petitioners in available vacancies. (Paras 2, 4)
Ratio Decidendi: The court ruled that the respondents must consider the petitioners for available posts, emphasizing that the essence of the prior judgment was to accommodate those on urgent temporary basis. (Paras 5, 6)
Result: Writ petition disposed of with directions.
ORDER :
DINESH MEHTA, J.
1. While informing that petitioner is working as Urgent Temporary Basis on the post of Nursing Officer, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the controversy involved in the present case is squarely covered by a judgment rendered by this Court in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.12243/2024 (Shruti Moyal & Ors. V/s State of Rajasthan & Ors.), decided on 30.07.2024.
2. In the case of Shruti Moyal, the following order was passed:-
“1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners.
2. The present writ petition has been filed with the following prayers:-
“A. the action of the respondents while terminating the services of the petitioners from the post of Assistant Radiographer, Lab Technician and Assistant lab Technician on the ground of availability of regularly selected Lab Technicians despite the fact that posts are still lying vacant, may kindly be declared per se illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the provisions of Constitution of India.
B. The impugned orders dated 12.07.2014 (Annexure-7) may kindly be quashed and set aside.
C. The impugned termination order of petitioner No.1 dated 10.07.2024 (Annexure- 8) and order dated 10.07.2024 (Annexure-9) by which services of petitioners No.1 have been terminated and all orders issued by the respondents in the intervening period, terminating the services of the petitioners, may kindly be ordered to be quashed and set aside.
D. The respondents may kindly be directed to reinstate the services of the petitioners and they be permitted to continue their services on their respective post.
E. The respondents may kindly be directed not to replace the petitioners till the agreement of the petitioners come to an end.
F. That the respondents may be restrained from dis-continuing services of the petitioners and/or the present place of posting of the petitioners may not changed.”
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners were appointed on the urgent temporary basis for a period of 3 months or till the regularly selected employees are available with the respondent-Department, whichever is earlier. Learned counsel submits that the regularly selected employees are available with the respondent-Department, thus, the services of the petitioners have been dispensed with vide order dated 10.07.2024.
4. Learned counsel further submits that after the regularly selected persons having joined in the respondent-Department, still there are number of vacancies available with the respondent-Department for the post of Lab Technician and Assistant Radiographers. He, therefore, prays that the respondents may be directed that in case, there are vacancies available in the Department and they are in need of services of the petitioners, the petitioners’ services can be adjusted in the nearby areas of District Pali/Beawar.
5. Considering the limited prayer of the petitioner, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent No.7- Chief Medical and Health Officer, Beawar & respondent No.8- Chief Medical and Health Officer, Pali to ascertain the number of vacancies available with them in their jurisdiction and if they desire to take the services of the petitioners on the post available, the petitioners may be adjusted or accommodated to serve on those posts till the regularly selected candidates are available with the respondent-Department.
6. It is made clear that if any of the petitioner is not discharging his duties satisfactorily, the respondents will be free to discharge him from the employment.
7. Stay petition as well as other pending applications, if any, shall also stand disposed of”.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner may be permitted to file an appropriate representation before the respondents in the light of judgment rendered by this Court in the case of Shruti Moyal (supra) for redressal of their grievance.
4. In view of the above, the present writ petition is disposed of in terms that in the event of filing a representation b
