High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCWP/23032/2018disposed of

Dev Raj Singla And Others v. Hvpnl And Others

2019-03-20Mr. Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi2 pages

CWP-23032-2018 -1-

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH CWP-23032-2018 Date of decision: - 20.03.2019 Dev Raj Singla and others ....Petitioners

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Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI Present:- Mr. Umesh Narang, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Kartar Singh Malik, Advocate for the respondents.

**** HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI , J. (ORAL) Present writ petition has been filed by the petitioners claiming the re-fixation of their pay in view of the orders of this Court passed in CWP No.16084 of 1997 which was upheld by the Hon'ble Supreme Court, vide order dated 08.12.2015 (Annexure P-5) being Civil Appeal No.8661 of 2009.

Petitioners claim that they are similarly situated with those who have been granted the relief by this Court but the same has not been granted to them only on the ground that they have not approached this Court and were not the petitioners in above mentioned writ petitions. Counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners will be NARESH KUMAR 2019.04.02 09:33 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh

CWP-23032-2018 -2satisfied, at this stage, in case, a time bound direction is issued to the respondents to decide their legal notice dated 11.04.2018 (Annexure P-7). Counsel for the respondents states that the Department has no objection in deciding the claim of the petitioners as being made by them in the legal notice in a time bound manner.

Keeping in view the request made by counsel for the parties and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case and entitlement of the petitioners in respect of the claim made in the writ petition/legal notice, the respondents are directed to decide the legal notice filed by the petitioners within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. In case it is found that the petitioners are entitled for any relief, the same shall also be released to them within a period of next three months.

Present writ petition stands disposed of.

( HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI ) March 20, 2019 JUDGE naresh.k Whether reasoned/speaking?

Yes Whether reportable?

No NARESH KUMAR 2019.04.02 09:33 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh