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Introductory remarks

1. The genesis of present dispute, subject matter of these writ petitions, can be traced to November-2005 when due to shortage of teachers, the District Education Officers were prompted by the State of Haryana to fill up the vacancies of Lecturers, Masters and C&V Teachers by engaging the Guest Faculty Teachers (GFTs) against the sanctioned posts. These GFTs were initially engaged on different dates in 2005 and were to continue up to 31.3.2006. However, as would be noted in detail at the appropriate stage, most of these GFTs continued beyond that period and are in service even now. In the interregnum, legal battles ensued in various forms which were taken up to the Supreme Court. The outcome of the various cases was that GFTs are not to be regularized only because of their length of service; no fresh appointments of GFTs would be made from 1.4.2012 and exercise to complete the process of regular selection must be completed within the specified time.

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16. Against this order, refusing to extend time, Special Leave Petition was filed, which was decided on 30.3.2012 whereby it was directed that no fresh appointments of GFTs will be made from 01.04.2012 and exercise to complete the process of selection must be completed within the time specified in the Scheme and it was also observed that no further extension or deviation therefrom will be permitted. Finally, it was also observed that the recruitment of teachers on regular basis shall not be supplemented or replaced by this procedure of appointing the GFTs. For the sake of convenience, the pertinent observations given by the Supreme Court are as under:-