ORDER ON BOARD

20 /07/2023

1. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that petitioner was engaged as Guest Lecturer of Mathematics with Respondent No. 3 for the academic session 2022-23. She has successfully completed academic session without any complaint. As the academic session came to an end, petitioner is apprehending that Respondents No. 3/ College may issue fresh advertisement for appointment of Guest Lecturer of the concerned subject for which petitioner was engaged. The college is adopting the measures of issuing advertisement for appointment of Guest Lecturers in each academic session which is highly arbitrary. Guest Lecturer like petitioner is unnecessarily forced to approach this court by way of filing writ petition to seek protection of the Court. In support of his contention, he places reliance upon decision of Manju Gupta and others vs. State of Chhattisgarh and others [WPS No. 4406/2016, 27.02.2017] whereby similarly placed Guest Lecturers under the Director (Industrial Training Institute) have been granted protection from being replaced by another set of Guest Lecturers. He also relied upon decision of Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Manish Gupta and another etc