Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 11: State High Court has held that contractual lecturers cannot seek to hold on to their posts for ever.
First Puisne Judge Justice Sudhakar Ramalingam observ-ed, “in all the petitions, 10+2 lecturers of School Education Department working in contract engagement are before this court and they seeking regularization of their services and a direction to the respondents restraining them from replacing the petitioners with another set of contractual employees”.
While deciding 43 petitions, Justice Ramalingam observed, “if they found not to be up to the mark of efficient then continuation will be a question mark and it is for the authorities to decide the best course of action in a non-arbitrary manner”, adding “if contract lecturers seek extension of the contract then they have to make a representation to the authority for considering extension of service and it shall be considered on its own merit”.
With these observations, High Court disposed of all the petitions.
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