CWPIL No. 17 of 2009 a/w CWPs No. 3141 of 2015 & COPC No. 161 of 2016 21.3.2017 Present: Mr. J.L. Bhardwaj, Advocate, as Amicus Curiae. Mr. Shrawan Dogra, Advocate General, with Mr. Anup Rattan, Mr. Romesh Verma, Additional Advocate Generals and Mr. J. K. Verma, Deputy Advocate General, for respondents No. 1 to 8. Mr. Vivek Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No. 9. Mr. Ashwani Pathak, Senior Advocate with Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Advocate, for respondents No. 10 and 11. Mr. Sanjeev Bhushan, Senior Advocate, with Ms. Abhilasha Kaundal, Advocate, for the applicants in CMPs No. 13140 & 13141 of 2015. Mr. R.L. Chaudhary, Advocate, for the applicants in CMP No. 6359 of 2016. Mr. Ajay Kumar, Senior Advocate, with Mr. Dheeraj K. Vashishth, Advocate, for the applicants in CMPs No. 9151 & 9153 of 2016. Mr. Purshotam Chaudhary, Advocate, for the applicants in CMP No. 10019 of 2016. CWP No. 3141 of 2015 Mr. Ashwani Pathak, Senior Advocate with Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Shrawan Dogra, Advocate General, with Mr. Anup Rattan, Mr. Romesh Verma, Additional Advocate Generals and Mr. J. K. Verma, Deputy Advocate General, for respondents No. 1 to 4. Mr. Ashok Sharma, ASGI, with Ms. Sukarma, Advocate, for respondent No. 5. COPC No. 161 of 2016 Ms. Vandana Misra, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Shrawan Dogra, Advocate General, with Mr. Anup Rattan, Mr. Romesh Verma, Additional Advocate Generals and Mr. J. K. Verma, Deputy Advocate General, for respondents-State CMP No. 1212 of 2017 in CWPIL No. 17 of 2004 Mr. J.L. Bhardwaj, learned Amicus Curiae, stated that he has filed response before the Registry. Registry to trace and place the same on record. Mr. Anup Rattan, learned Additional Advocate General stated that they are not intending to file rejoinder to the said response. Right to file the same is closed. All the other respondents are at liberty to file objections to CMP No. 1212 of 2017. List on 27.3.2017. (Mansoor Ahmad Mir) Chief Justice (Tarlok Singh Chauhan) Judge March 21, 2017 (cm/sanjeev)