Chandigarh, September 19
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today dismissed a petition alleging the appointment of law officers in Punjab for “furthering the prospects of Badals in the forthcoming Vidhan Sabha elections.
In its petition placed before the Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice MM Kumar and Justice Gurdev Singh, Lawyers for Humanity had asserted: “The law officers were being appointed only with a view to win the elections and the state exchequer was being depleted to further the prospects of Badals.”
In the petition against the State of Punjab, Punjab Advocate-General, the Director in the Department of Employment Generation and 126 law officers, the petitioners had sought the quashing of their appointment on the ground of being made in an arbitrary manner.
Alleging the violation of Article 14 and 16 of the Constitution, the petitioners had also sought directions to stay the renewal of contract for 2011-12 and to launch prosecution “against those responsible for circumventing the procedure of appointment in offices as enshrined under the Employment Exchange (Compulsory Notice of Vacancies) Act-1959.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today dismissed a petition alleging the appointment of law officers in Punjab for “furthering the prospects of Badals in the forthcoming Vidhan Sabha elections.
In its petition placed before the Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice MM Kumar and Justice Gurdev Singh, Lawyers for Humanity had asserted: “The law officers were being appointed only with a view to win the elections and the state exchequer was being depleted to further the prospects of Badals.”
In the petition against the State of Punjab, Punjab Advocate-General, the Director in the Department of Employment Generation and 126 law officers, the petitioners had sought the quashing of their appointment on the ground of being made in an arbitrary manner.
Alleging the violation of Article 14 and 16 of the Constitution, the petitioners had also sought directions to stay the renewal of contract for 2011-12 and to launch prosecution “against those responsible for circumventing the procedure of appointment in offices as enshrined under the Employment Exchange (Compulsory Notice of Vacancies) Act-1959.
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