IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.17898 of 2003 (O&M) Date of Decision : 20.01.2010 Sukhdev Kaur and others .....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Ms.Maninder, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.B.S.Chahal, DAG, Punjab for the respondents. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) C.M.No.18776 of 2009 On joint request of the counsel for the parties, the main writ petition is taken up for final disposal today. C.W.P.No.17898 of 2003 The petitioners seek quashing of the order dated 17.10.2003 (Annexure P-8) whereby the order granting them the benefit of stepping up their pay equivalent to their juniors stands withdrawn and consequential recovery is sought to be effected from them. C.W.P.No .17898 of 2003 (O&M) 2 While admitting the writ petition, this Court had stayed the recovery from the petitioners. During the course of hearing, learned counsel for the parties are ad-idem that the controversy involved in this writ petition stands answered in favour of the petitioners vide decision dated 28.5.2009 rendered by this Court in Civil Writ Petition No.10472 of 2008 (Jasbir Singh versus State of Punjab and others). For the reasons afore-stated, the writ petition is allowed in terms of the judgment in Jasbir Singh's case (supra) and the impugned order dated 17.10.2003 (Annexure P-8) is hereby quashed. As the petitioners have already retired from service, their pensionary as well as other retiral benefits shall be released accordingly within a period of 6 months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Dasti. 20-01-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE