The question arose again in Civil Writ No. 1991 of 930 1976 and other cases when it was disposed of by a Division Bench of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana on November 1980 with the following order: "The learned counsel for the parties are agreed that the matter in this and writ petitions Nos. 1991 of 1976, 3829 of 1975, 4449 of 1974, 5227 of 1975, 5539 of 1975, 2247 of 1973, 7726 of 1976 and 7813 is covered by the decision of the Supreme Court reported as State of Punjab and Others vs Kirpal Singh Bhatia and Others, [1975] 2 Service Law Re porter 621 and these petitioners have to be allowed to in terms of the aforesaid judgment of the Supreme Court.