JUDGMENT :

TARLOK SINGH CHAUHAN, J.

1. The instant petition has been filed for grant of the following substantive relief:

“That appropriate writ, order or direction may very kindly be issued and impugned order (Annexure P-3) dated 11.10.2022 may very kindly be quashed and set aside, with further directions to the respondents to allow the petitioner to continue serving in the College of Horticulture and Forestry, Neri, District Hamirpur, in the interest of law and justice.”

2. The respondent-University advertised various posts of Assistant Professor in the year 2018 and the petitioner was appointed as Assistant Professor (Microbiology) and thereafter posted in the College of Horticulture and Forestry, Neri, District Hamirpur initially on contract basis on 05.11.2018 and after completion of the requisite period, her services were regularized from 01.01.2022.

3. On the other hand, respondent Nos. 2 and 3 are working with the respondent-University on contract basis and appointed as such in the year 2021. Respondent No. 2 after her appointment was posted in Government College of Horticulture and Forestry, Thunag, District Mandi, against a vacant post. But, the fact of the matter is that resp