2026 Supreme(Online)(Raj) 8273
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR
[2026:RJ-JD:11915]
S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 13832/2025
Dr. Vasudev Charpota S/o Raman Lal Charpota, Aged About 41 Years, Village Post Bhatar, Tehsil Arthoona, District Banswara, Rajasthan. (Subject - Geography).----Petitioner
Versus
1. Govind Guru Tribal University, Banswara, Rajasthan, Through Its Registrar.
2. Registrar, Govind Guru Tribal University, Banswara, Rajasthan.----Respondents
Connected With S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 13153/2025
1. Harshwardhan Singh Chouhan S/o Shri Himmat Singh Chouhan, Aged About 35 Years, R/o Near 2-B-7, Dayanand Nagar, Housing Board, Peeplod, Rajasthan.
2. Heena Jain D/o Shri Dhanpal Jain, Aged About 37 Years, R/o 51-A, Industrial Area, Opposite BTM, Dhaod Road, Banswara, Rajasthan.
3. Himanshu Pandya S/o Shri Dinesh Pandya, Aged About 36 Years, R/o 92, Tripoliya Road, Ghanta Ghar Ke Pas, Banswara, Rajasthan.
4. Nitin Swarnkar S/o Shri Chandra Bhanu Swarnkar, Aged About 35 Years, R/o 20 Sharda Colony, Link Road, Banswara, Rajasthan.
5. Sanish Panchal S/o Shri Rajnish Panchal, Aged About 30 Years, R/o Bhiluda, Sagwara, Falater, Dungarpur, Banswara, Rajasthan.
6. Swati Pandya D/o Shri Dinesh Pandya, Aged About 34 Years, R/o Ram Nivas, Tripoliya Road, Banswara, Rajasthan.----Petitioners
Versus
1. Govind Guru Tribal University, Banswara, Through Its Registrar.
2. Registrar, Govind Guru Tribal University, Banswara.
3. Principal, University College Of Engineering, Govind Guru Tribal University, Banswara.----Respondents
For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Nikhil Dungawat
For Respondent(s) : Mr. Vivek Shrimali
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAMEER JAIN
13/03/2026
(SAMEER JAIN),J
JKP/3-4
Judgment
1. For the sake of handiness the reliefs as prayed in the respective petitions are reproduced hereinbelow:
SBCWP No. 13832/2025 is filed with the following prayers:
"A. appropriate writ, order or directions, the respondents be directed to continue the petitioner on the post of Guest Faculty in their respective subject and respondent may be restrained from replacing the petitioner guest faculty with another set of guest faculty.
B. By an appropriate writ, order or directions the advertisement dated 10.06.2025 for session 2025-2026 (Annex.09) may kindly be quashed and set aside qua the subject/ post upon which the petitioner is presently working in the respondent University.
C. By an appropriate writ, order or direction, the respondents be directed to continue the petitioner as Guest Faculty in University and grant minimum of pay-scale of Assistant Professor with all consequential benefits.
D. By an appropriate writ, order or 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 Professors are filled up by the respondents in the respective subject upon which petitioner is working. In alternative without prejudice to the above prayer,
E. By an appropriate writ, order or direction, the respondents be directed to continue the petitioner on contract basis under the Rajasthan Employment of Contractual Employees against Civil Posts Rules, 2022, with all consequential benefits and directions.
F. Any other order or direction, which this Hon'ble Court deemed just and proper be passed in favour of the Petitioner;
G. Costs of this petition may kindly be allowed to the petitioner;
SBCWP No. 13153/2025 is 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 or directions, the advertisement dated 10.06.2025 (Annex.07) may kindly be quashed and set aside qua the subject/post upon which the petitioners are presently working in the respondent University.
C. By an appropriate writ, order or direction, the respondents be directed to continue the petitioners as Guest Faculty in University and grant minimum of pay-scale of Assistant Professor with all consequential benefits.
D. By an appropriate writ, order or direction, the writ petition may kindly be decided in the light of S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 42704/2024 Writ petition titled Dr. Mukesh Kumar Prajapat & Ors. Vs. GGTU & Ors., vide order dated 16.07.2024, (Annex.06) till all the vacant posts are not filled under the Rajasthan Employment of Contractual Employees against Civil Posts Rules, 2022 or by way of regular direct recruitment.
E. By an appropriate writ, order or direction, the respondents 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.
F. In the alternative, without prejudice to the above, by an appropriate writ, order or direction, the respondents be directed to continue petitioners' on contract basis under the Rajasthan Employment of Contractual Employees against Civil Posts Rules, 2022, with all consequential benefits and directions.
G. Any other order or direction, which this Hon'ble Court deemed just and proper be passed in favour of the Petitioners;
H. Costs of this petition may kindly be allowed to the petitioners;"
2. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners apprehended termination of their services from the post of Assistant Professors as Guest Faculties in the Govind Guru Tribal University, under the Vidhya Sambal Yojna, as the respondents at the end of academic session issued new advertisement for recruitment