MUNNI CHOUDHARY Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The instant writ petition has been preferred seeking the following relief:

(2.) Succinctly stated the facts necessary for disposal of the writ petition are that the Central Government, vide its communication dated 14.3.1995 sanctioned initiation of 10 child development projects in the State of Rajasthan. In turn, the State Government, issued a circular dated 1.11.1995 (Annex.1) sanctioning 10 child development projects all over the State of Rajasthan. The project was sanctioned after seeking due concurrence from the Finance Department. One of the projects was proposed for Panchayat Samiti Bhopalgarh. An advertisement dated 17.6.1996 (Annex.2) was issued by the District Women Development Organisation, Jodhpur inviting applications from eligible candidates for recruitment on temporary project based posts viz. Child Development Project Officer, Assistant Child Development Project Officer, Supervisors in Panchayat Samiti, Bhopalgarh. The petitioners No.1 to 4 herein further claim that being armed with the requisite qualification and eligibility for the post of Supervisor, they applied for the said post and after due selection process conducted by the selection committee, they were selected and offered appointment on the post of Supervisor on purely contractual basis for a period of six months at a salary of Rs.2000/- per month vide office orders dated 8.7.1996, 9.9.1996 and 16.12.1996 issued by the Project Director, District Women Development Agency, Jodhpur.

(3.) It may be noted at the outset that the writ petition was originally preferred by six petitioners including one Babu Singh Chouhan. When the matter was being heard finally, learned counsel sought to withdraw the writ petition to the extent of the petitioner No.5 Babu Singh Chouhan for pursuing other appropriate legal remedy. Accordingly, the writ petition was dismissed to the extent of Babu Singh Chouhan by order dated 26.11.2014. The petitioner No.6 claims to have applied for the post of Assistant Child Development Project Officer which was advertised at a later date and was given contractual appointment on the said post by the Coordinator cum Project Director, Children Development Project, Jodhpur vide order dated 1.10.2001. It is averred in the writ petition that the petitioners continued to discharge the duties entrusted to them and also underwent various training programmes conducted by the State Government/its agencies so as to perform their duties more efficiently.