Rajasthan High Court - Jodhpur

Dr. Rupesh Kumar Gurjar vs The State Of Rajasthan ... on 8 August, 2025

Author: Rekha Borana

Bench: Rekha Borana

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      HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT
                       JODHPUR
                S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 15024/2025

1.       Dr. Rupesh Kumar Gurjar S/o Shri Jai Ram, Aged About
         35   Years,    R/o     Village      Sevra,       Post      -   Tevdi,   Tehsil
         Viratnagar, District Kotputli Bahror, Rajasthan, At Present
         Working       At   Government             College,        Chhoti    Sarwan,
         Banswara (Assistant Professor Political Science)
2.       Sonu Kanwar Prajapat W/o Shri Mohit Singh Hada, Aged
         About 34 Years, R/o 1-Ba-6, Near Gurudwara, Vigyan
         Nagar, Kota, At Present Working At Government College,
         Talera, Bundi (Assistant Professor English Literature)
3.       Elchi Bai D/o Shri Kaluram, Aged About 30 Years, R/o
         124, Panvaron Ki Dhaniyan, Malwara, Jaipur, At Present
         Working At G. K. Govani Government College, Bhinmal,
         Jalore (Assistant Professor Botany)
4.       Dr. Bhiv Singh S/o Shri Ranidan Singh, Aged About 35
         Years, R/o Khirja Fateh Singh, Shergarh, Jodhpur, At
         Present     Working       At     Government           College,     Samdari,
         Balotara (Assistant Professor Rajasthani Literature)
5.       Dr. Anita Kumari D/o Shri Mandroop Singh, Aged About
         44 Years, R/o 56, Kisan Colony, Navalgarh Road, Sikar, At
         Present     Working       At     Government           College,     Nechhwa
         (Laxmangarh), Sikar (Assistant Professor Hindi)
6.       Mohmmad Gulfam S/o Shri Imamudeen Qureshi, Aged
         About 38 Years, R/o Near Chuna Bhatta, Ward No. 26,
         Nokha, Bikaner, At Present Working At Government
         College,      Nechhwa          (Laxmangarh),              Sikar    (Assistant
         Professor English)
7.       Dr. Manoj Kumar S/o Shri Chet Ram, Aged About 54
         Years, R/o 2/31, Nasirabad Road, Near St. Fransis School,
         Alwar Gate, Ajmer, At Present Working At Government
         College,      Vijaynagar,         Beawer          (Assistant       Professor
         Economics)
8.       Vikas Kumar S/o Shri Krishna Shankar, Aged About 38
         Years, R/o Tirupati Nagar, Banar Road, Nandri, Jodhpur,
         At Present Working At Government College, Sakhra,
         Jaisalmer (Assistant Professor Hindi Literature)
9.       Ravindra S/o Shri Laxmi Narayan, Aged About 35 Years,
         R/o Rijaka Chowk, Pokaran, Jaisalmer, At Present Working


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         At    Choudhary         Kharta        Ram        Government             College,
         Bhaniyana,        Jaisalmer          (Assistant            Professor       Hindi
         Literature)
10.      Vikram Singh Daiya S/o Shri Pratap Singh Daiya, Aged
         About 39 Years, R/o 64-A, Rajiv Nagar, B.j.s. Colony,
         Jodhpur, At Present Working At Government Girls College,
         Phalodi (Assistant Professor Hindi)
11.      Dr. Dheerendra Pal Singh Sonigra S/o Shri Mahendra
         Singh Sonigra, Aged About 36 Years, R/o Sati Mata Road,
         Sadra,      Latara,    Bali,     Pali,     At     Present          Working    At
         Government College, Sadri, Pali (Assistant Professor
         History)
12.      Dr. Geeta Kumari D/o Shri Punaram Panwar, Aged About
         51 Years, R/o Mahaveer Nagar, Bali, Pali, At Present
         Working At Government College, Sadri, Pali (Assistant
         Professor Political Science)
13.      Mahendar Kumar Bairwa S/o Shri Babu Lal, Aged About
         34 Years, R/o Khatoli, Peepalda, Kota, At Present Working
         At Government College, Sabla, Dungarpur (Assistant
         Professor History)
14.      Dr. Sovani Maida D/o Shri Dhirji Maida, Aged About 39
         Years, R/o 2-C-33, Housing Board, Banswara, At Present
         Working      At   Government             College,         Sabla,     Dungarpur
         (Assistant Professor Hindi Literature)
15.      Dr. Dhuleshwar Meena S/o Shri Hukaji Meena, Aged
         About 38 Years, R/o Navatapara, Post Bhasor, Sagwara,
         Dungarpur, At Present Working At Government College,
         Sabla, Dungarpur (Assistant Professor Sanskrit)
                                                                       ----Petitioners
                                      Versus
1.       The State Of Rajasthan, Through Principal Secretary,
         Department        Of      Higher         And      Technical          Education,
         Secretariat, Jaipur.
2.       The Principal Secretary, Department Of Finance, Govt. Of
         Rajasthan, Secretariat, Jaipur.
3.       The Commissioner, College Education, Block-4, Shiksha
         Sankul, Jln Marg, Jaipur.
4.       Nodal Officer Cum Principal, Government College, Bundi


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5.       Nodal Officer Cum Principal, Govind Guru Government
         College, Banswara
6.       Nodal Officer Cum Principal, Veer Viramdev Government
         P.g. College, Jalore
7.       Nodal Officer Cum Principal, Shri Kalyan Girls College,
         Sikar
8.       Nodal       Officer    Cum        Principal,       Government   College
         Laxmangarh, Sikar
9.       Nodal Officer Cum Principal, S. D. Government College,
         Beawer
10.      Nodal Officer Cum Principal, Government College Masuda,
         Beawer
11.      Nodal Officer Cum Principal, S.b.k. Government P.g.
         College, Jaisalmer
12.      Nodal Officer Cum Principal, Government Girls College,
         Pokaran, Jaisalmer
13.      Nodal Officer Cum Principal, Jai Narayan Mohanlal Purohit
         Government College, Phalodi
14.      Nodal Officer Cum Principal, Government Bangar P.g.
         College, Pali
15.      Nodal Officer Cum Principal, Government College, Bali,
         Pali
16.      Nodal Officer Cum Principal, S.b.p. Government College,
         Dungarpur
17.      Nodal Officer Cum Principal, Late Shri Bhikha Bhai
         Government College, Sagwara, Dungarpur
18.      Nodal Officer Cum Principal, M.b.r. Government P.g.
         College, Balotara
19.      Principal, Government College, Samdari, Balotara
20.      Principal, Government College, Sabla, Dungarpur
21.      Principal, Government College, Sadri, Pali
22.      Principal, Government College, Chhoti Sarwan, Banswara
23.      Principal, Government College, Talera, Bundi
24.      Principal, G. K. Govani Government College, Bhinmal,
         Jalore
25.      Principal, Government College, Nechhwa (Laxmangarh),
         Sikar

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26.       Principal, Government College, Vijaynagar, Beawer
27.       Principal, Choudhary Kharta Ram Government College,
          Bhaniyana, Jaisalmer
28.       Principal, Government Girls College, Phalodi
                                                                 ----Respondents


For Petitioner(s)         :     Dr. Ashok Choudhary
For Respondent(s)         :     Mr. Devesh Mehra for
                                Mr. Praveen Khandelwal, AAG



              HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE REKHA BORANA

Order

08/08/2025

1. The present petition has been filed laying a challenge to

advertisements dated 01.07.2025, 02.07.2025 and 03.07.2025

(Annex.2) for the recruitment of Guest Faculties.

2. At the very inception, counsel for the petitioners submits

that the issue rests covered by the judgment passed by a Co-

ordinate Bench of this Court at Jaipur in Ram Chaturvedi & Ors.

Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors.; S.B. Civil Writ Petition

No.1474/2023 (decided on 28.08.2023).

3. The judgment of Ram Chaturvedi (supra) was further

assailed by the respondents before the Division Bench of this

Court at Jaipur by way of a special appeal being D.B. Special

Appeal Writ No.903/2023; State of Rajasthan Vs. Ram

Chaturvedi and other connected matters wherein vide order

dated 17.10.2024, following interim order was passed:

"After hearing learned counsel for the parties, we are inclined to stay the effect and operation of the direction contained in Para11 of the impugned order only to the extent that the

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benefit of re-engagement by preferential treatment will not be available to those who were earlier discontinued as Guest Faculty and were not working as Guest Faculty when the occasion arise for re-engagement and that this preferential treatment would be available only in the matter of engagement of Guest Faculty in the Institution wherein they have been engaged and actually working and not in any other Institution. Rest of directions will remain operative."

4. In view of the above ratio, the present writ petition is

disposed of with a permission to the petitioners to file an

application to participate in the fresh recruitment process sought

to be initiated vide communication dated 29.06.2025 (Annex.21).

5. On the said applications being filed, the respondents shall be

under an obligation to consider the candidature of the petitioners,

keeping into consideration their appointment as Guest Faculties in

the previous session and further, the guidelines as issued in Ram

Chaturvedi (supra).

6. Stay petition and pending applications, if any, stand

disposed of.

(REKHA BORANA),J 6-manila/-