1991 (12) TMI 57

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....ould be that the petitioners who have been appointed on part time basis should be continued until the Government makes regular appointments on the recommendations of the Public Service Commission. Meanwhile, the petitioners will get their salary for the period of the vacation." Notice was issued to the respondents asking them to get ready for final disposal of the case, and accordingly, they have filed their counter-affidavits followed by further affidavits by the parties. Special leave is granted. In pursuance of certain instructions issued by the Director, Education Department of the State of Punjab in 1990, each of the respondents was offered a post, as per annexures P-1 and P-2, respectively, of part-time lecturer on the specific con....

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....ffidavits filed by the parties, and do not find any relevant material or tenable plea in support of the claim in the writ petition filed in the High Court. Learned counsel for the respondents also could not suggest any ground for sustaining the impugned order except contending that this court has issued directions for absorption of temporary or ad hoc Government servants on a permanent basis in several cases. It has been argued that if this could be done by this court without assigning any reasons, it should be open to the High Courts as well to allow writ petitions in similar terms. We are not in a position to agree. A decision is available as a precedent only if it decides a question of law. The respondents are, therefore, not entitled t....