[2025:RJ-JP:13968] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.4376/2025 1. Dr. Pankaj Singh S/o Hukam Singh, Aged About 44 Years, R/o 14, Pushp Kunj, Mau Road, Khandari, Dayal Bagh, Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Working As Assistant Professor (History) Guest Faculty Under Vidhya Sambal Yojna At Govt. College, Maniya, Dholpur. 2. Dr. Mamata Singh W/o Hemant Pratap Sisodiya, Aged About 51 Years, R/o 9, Kailash Enclave, Paschimpuri, Sikandara, Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Working As Assistant Professor (Political Science) Guest Faculty Under Vidhya Sambal Yojna At Govt. College, Maniya, Dholpur. 3. Dr. Madhu Vala Singh W/o Dr. Jitendra Singh Chouhan, Aged About 53 Years, R/o 12, Kailash Enclave, Paschimpuri, Sikandara, Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Working As Assistant Professor (Sociology) Guest Faculty Under Vidhya Sambal Yojna At Govt. College, Maniya, Dholpur. 4. Dr. Javed Khan S/o Naseem Khan, Aged About 40 Years, R/o Near Harijan Basti, Mohalla Talaiya, Dholpur, Rajasthan. Working As Assistant Professor (Geography) Guest Faculty Under Vidhya Sambal Yojna At Govt. College, Maniya, Dholpur. 5. Dr. Poonam Sisodiya D/o Bhajan Lal Sisodiya, Aged About 50 Years, R/o 16-A, Shree Ji Dham Colony, Goverdhan Road, Bakalpur, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Working As Assistant Professor (Hindi) Guest Faculty Under Vidhya Sambal Yojna At Govt. Girls College, Kaman, Deeg. 6. Dr. Archana Sharma W/o Manoj Kumar, Aged About 47 Years, R/o Itayapara, Puran Shahar, Dholpur, Rajasthan. Working As Assistant Professor (Economics) Guest Faculty Under Vidhya Sambal Yojna At Govt. College, Roopwas, Bharatpur. 7. Dr. Kushal Pal Singh S/o Ramesh Chand, Aged About 39 Years, R/o 252, Gauri Shankar Colony, Behind Saras Hotel, Bharatpur, Rajasthan. Working As Assistant Professor (History) Guest Faculty Under Vidhya Sambal Yojna At Govt. College, Roopwas, Bharatpur. 8. Dr. Neeru Sharma W/o Prashant Kumar Sharma, Aged About 48 Years, R/o Ashok Vihar Colony, Gurudwara, [2025:RJ-JP:13968] (2 of 6) [CW-4376/2025] Patiyala Bagh, Dholpur, Rajasthan. Working As Assistant Professor (Sociology) Guest Faculty Under Vidhya Sambal Yojna At Govt. College, Roopwas, Bharatpur. 9. Aarti Maheshwari D/o Rajesh Kumar Biyani, Aged About 26 Years, R/o Sadar Bazar, Village Danthal, District Bhilwara, Rajasthan. Working As Assistant Professor (History) Guest Faculty Under Vidhya Sambal Yojna At Govt. College, Antali, Bhilwara. 10. Vikram Singh Chundawat S/o Pappu Singh Chundawat, Aged About 24 Years, R/o Nandsa Jageer, Tehsil Raipur, District Bhilwara, Rajasthan. Working As Assistant Professor (Hindi) Guest Faculty Under Vidhya Sambal Yojna At Govt. College, Antali, Bhilwara. 11. Rajkumar Jangid S/o Gopal Lal Jangid, Aged About 37 Years, R/o Vpo Yadavon Ki Kotri, Hurda, District Bhilwara, Rajasthan. Working As Assistant Professor (Political Science) Guest Faculty Under Vidhya Sambal Yojna At Govt. College, Antali, Bhilwara. 12. Dr. Lalita Kumari Meena W/o Pawan Kumar Meena, Aged About 36 Years, R/o Doctor Ki Dhani, Kho Nagoriyan, Goner, Looniyawas, Jaipur, Rajasthan. Working As Assistant Professor (Hindi) Guest Faculty Under Vidhya Sambal Yojna At Govt. Girls College, Chaksu, Jaipur. 13. Dr. Sanjay Kumar Soni S/o Girdhari Lal Soni, Aged About 31 Years, R/o Agrasen Nagar, Lalsot, District Dausa, Rajasthan. Working As Assistant Professor (Economics) Guest Faculty Under Vidhya Sambal Yojna At Govt. Girls College, Chaksu, Jaipur. 14. Dr. Sudhir Saini S/o Nand Kishor Saini, Aged About 35 Years, R/o Ward No. 5, Dhani Gopakala, Shrimadhopur, District Sikar, Rajasthan. Working As Assistant Professor (Hindi) Guest Faculty Under Vidhya Sambal Yojna At Govt. Girls College, Srimadhopur, Sikar. 15. Dr. Mukesh Kumar Sharma S/o Dev Sharan Sharma, Aged About 39 Years, R/o Village Alsisar, Via Kaladera, Tehsil Chomu, District Jaipur, Rajasthan. Working As Assistant Professor (History) Guest Faculty Under Vidhya Sambal Yojna At Govt. Girls College, Srimadhopur, Sikar. 16. Dr. Subhash Chandra Saini S/o Balu Ram Saini, Aged About 41 Years, R/o Ward No. 10, Water Works Ke Pass, [2025:RJ-JP:13968] (3 of 6) [CW-4376/2025] Surajgarh, District Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. Working As Assistant Professor (Abst) Guest Faculty Under Vidhya Sambal Yojna At Seth Shree Kedarnath Modi Govt. College, Gudha, District Jhunjhunu. 17. Dr. Anju Bala Sharam D/o Dilip Kumar Sharma, Aged About 46 Years, R/o 9-A, Shri Radhakrishan Mandir, Behind Geejgarh Vihar, 22 Godam, Jaipur, Rajasthan. Working As Assistant Professor (Sociology) Guest Faculty Under Vidhya Sambal Yojna At Govt. Girls College, Chaksu, District Jaipur. ----Petitioners Versus 1. The State Of Rajasthan, Through The Secretary, Higher Education, Secretariat, Government Of Rajasthan, Jaipur. 2. The Commissioner, College Education, Block 4, Shiksha Sankul, Jln Marg, Jaipur, Rajasthan. 3. The Principal, Govt. College, Rajakhera, Dholpur. 4. The Principal, Govt. College, Maniya, Dholpur. 5. The Principal, Govt. Girls College, Kaman, Deeg. 6. The Principal, Govt. College, Roopwas, Bharatpur. 7. The Principal, Manikya Lal Verma Govt. College, Bhilwara. 8. The Principal, Govt. College, Antali, Bhilwara. 9. The Principal Govt. College, Chaksu, District Jaipur. 10. The Principal Govt. Girls College, Chaksu, District Jaipur. 11. The Principal, Baba Vishambhar Das Govt. Girls College, Hod, Khandela, District Sikar. 12. The Principal, Govt. Girls College, Srimadhopur, Sikar. 13. The Principal, Shri Radhey Shyam R. Morarka Govt. College, Jhunjhunu. 14. The Principal, Seth Shree Kedarnath Modi Govt. College, Gudha, District Jhunjhunu ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Aamir Khan JUSTICE ANOOP KUMAR DHAND [2025:RJ-JP:13968] (4 of 6) [CW-4376/2025] Order 27/03/2025 1. The instant petition has been preferred with the following prayer:- “1. By appropriate writ order or direction in the nature thereof, the respondents be directed to continue the petitioners as Guest Faculty under the Vidya Sambal Yojna. 2. By appropriate writ, order or direction, the respondents be directed not to replace the petitioners with another set of contractual employees in the garb of fresh advertisement year 2025. 3. Any other appropriate writ, order or direction which this Hon’ble Court deems just and proper on the facts and in the circumstances of the case may also be passed in favour of the Petitioners with cost of the petition.” 2. By way of filing this writ petition, a prayer has been made to continue the services of the petitioners as guest faculty under the Vidhya Sambal Yojna and not to replace them with another set of contractual employees in pursuance of the advertisement issued in the year 2025. 3. During the course of arguments, it is apprised to this Court that a similar controversy as involved in this petition, came before this Court in the case of “Ram Chaturvedi & Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors.” (S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.1474/2023) and the said controversy has been set at rest with the following directions:- “(i) Respondents while engaging the Guest Faculty in the session 2023-24 in various colleges/universities under the Raj-CES under Vidya Sambal Scheme, shall give preference to engage the petitioners who have already rendered services [2025:RJ-JP:13968] (5 of 6) [CW-4376/2025] as Guest Faculty in this scheme in the previous sessions/years, at previous place of posting or nearby place obviously subject to availability of vacancies in the previous college/university or nearby place as well as after considering the satisfactory services of petitioners. (ii) Petitioners who have been engaged as Guest Faculty in the previous sessions shall not be dislodged/replaced from its previous place with fresh appointment of Guest Faculty, subject to availability of vacant post and need of engagement. (iii) After re-engagement/adjustment of the petitioners i.e. previous Guest Faculty in the Vidya Sambal Scheme, against vacancies for the year 2023-24, the remaining vacant posts of previous years, and on the new vacancies accrued in session 2023-24 may be filled by the fresh aspirants in accordance with the criteria of selection prescribed in the scheme. (iv) It is made clear that petitioners who were already engaged in the previous sessions and are willing for appointment/engagement in the present session 2023-24 in the Vidya Sambal Scheme, are required to apply afresh pursuant to advertisement issued by respondents and his/her re-engagement in the Vidya Sambal Scheme for session 2023-24 would be governed by terms and conditions of the scheme and shall not create any additional equity/claim which is not available in the scheme.” 4. In the aforesaid case of Ram Chaturvedi (supra), the Coordinate Bench of this Court issued direction to the respondents to give preference to engage the co-petitioners, who have already rendered services as Guest Faculty in this scheme in the previous sessions/years. 5. Since the controversy involved in this petition has already been set at rest in the case of Ram Chaturvedi (supra), this Court finds no valid reason to take different view. [2025:RJ-JP:13968] (6 of 6) [CW-4376/2025] 6. In view of the above, this petition stands disposed of with direction to the respondents to consider the case of the petitioners, strictly in accordance with the directions issued in the case of Ram Chaturvedi (Supra). 7. Stay application and all pending application(s), if any, stand disposed of. (ANOOP KUMAR DHAND),J Karan/29