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38. It appears from the submissions made on behalf of the GPSC that the requisition for filling up regular posts has come from the State Government on 07.08.2013. The procedure for regular recruitment is still underway and, as per the submissions made by Mr. D. G. Shukla, learned Advocate for the GPSC, it may take another 10 to 12 months to complete the same. It may be true that the petitioners do not have any permanent right to the posts that they are occupying on adhoc basis; however, it is difficult to understand what rational purpose would be served in terminating the services of the petitioners and engaging fresh adhoc persons for eleven months. Such action would be in contradiction to the principle of law laid down in the case of State of Haryana v. Piara Singh (Supra.) as quoted in the judgment of Secretary, State of Karnataka v. Umadevi (3) (Supra). Moreover, it would lead to multifarious litigation, as is already the case.
40. Accordingly, as a cumulative effect of the above discussion and for reasons stated hereinabove, and in view of the judgment of the Division Bench dated 07.09.2011 passed in Letters Patent Appeal No. 2986/2010 and connected matters, the petitions are partly allowed to the extent that the services of the petitioners as Assistant Professors/Lecturers on temporary/contractual basis in Government Engineering Colleges and Government Polytechnics shall not be terminated, till regularly selected candidates by the GPSC are available. It is clarified that this judgment shall not confer any right upon the petitioners to the posts on which they are working, after the regularly selected candidates through the GPSC are available."