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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 2459/2026 Dr. Lekha Jain W/o Shri Chanchal Jain, Aged About 48 Years, R/o C-168, Mahesh Nagar, Jaipur ----Petitioner Versus

1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Principal Secretary College Education Department, Govt. Secretariat, Jaipur.

2. Commissioner, College Education, Rajasthan, Jaipur

3. Principal, Government Girls College, Kishanpole Bazar, Jaipur ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Vijay Pathak Mr. Ganesh Dutt Gautam For Respondent(s) :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANAND SHARMA

Order

09/02/2026

1. Learned counsel for the petitioner, at the outset submits that the instant matter is squarely covered by the judgment passed by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.12911/2025 (Dr. Kamal Kant & Ors. Vs. The State of Rajasthan & Ors.), in which following directions have been given:-

"1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The present writ petition has been filed with the following prayers:-

“(a) By an appropriate writ, order or directions, the respondents be directed to continue the petitioners on the post of Guest Faculty in their respective subject under Vidhya Sambal Yojna and respondent may be restrained from replacing the petitioner guest faculty with another set of guest faculty.

(b By an appropriate writ order of direction, the respondents be directed to continue the petitioner in the guest faculty till the regular selections are held and all the vacant posts of Assistant Professor/Lecturer in the Government college filled up by the respondents under the Rajasthan College Education Rules, 1986.

(c) By an appropriate writ, order or direction, the respondents be directed to continue the petitioners as Guest Faculty in University and grant minimum pay-scale of Assistant Professor with all consequential benefits.

(d) By an appropriate writ order or direction, the respondents be directed to continue the petitioners in the Guest Faculty till the regular selections are held and all the vacant posts of Assistant Professors are filled up by the respondents in the respective subject upon which petitioners are working.

(e) By an appropriate writ, order or direction, the respondents may be directed to continue the petitioners and the services of the petitioners not be terminated till the Vidya Sambal Yojana is operational in Higher Education.”

3. However, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners will be satisfied if a liberty is granted to them to file an appropriate representation before the respondent-authorities for redressal of their grievances and the respondents may be directed to decide the same in accordance with law while keeping in mind the judgments rendered by this Court as well as circulars issued by the respondents.

4. Learned counsel for the respondents submits that in case such representation is filed, the same shall be considered and decided by keeping in mind the judgment rendered by this Court at Jaipur Bench dated 28.08.2023 in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.1474/2023 (Ram Chaturvedi & Ors. Vs. State ofRajasthan & Ors.) as well as the circulars issued in compliance thereof dated 17.11.2021, 26.07.2024, 18.03.2025, 20.03.2025& 28.04.2025 issued by the respondent expeditiously. 5. In view of the submissions made before this Court, the present writ petition is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioners to file an appropriate representation before the respondents for redressal of their grievances and in case such representation is filed, the respondents are directed to decide the same while keeping in mind the judgments rendered by this Court as well as circulars issued by the respondents at the earliest preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of such representation, strictly in accordance with law."

2. This writ petition is disposed of with directions to the petitioner to submit a representation in view of the above judgment of Dr. Kamal Kant (supra). In ca