CWP 18037 of 2004 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -- CWP No. 18037 of 2004 Date of decision: 02.08.2011 Dropdi Devi and others ........ Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others .......Respondent(s) Coram: Hon'ble Ms Justice Nirmaljit Kaur -.- Present: Mr. R N Sharma, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. Deepak Jindal, DAG, Haryana for the respondent State -.- 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Nirmaljit Kaur, J. (Oral) The prayer in the present writ petition is for issuance of a direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the order of recovery being affected in pursuance to fresh fixation dated 21.04.2004 (P8) and also for issuance of directions to the respondents to fix the pay of the petitioners with effect from 01.01.1996 in the revised pay scales corresponding to the pay scales drawn by them on 31.12.1995 as the respondents have replaced the Higher Standard Pay Scale Scheme by Haryana Civil Services (Assured Career Progression) Rules, 1998. Learned counsel for the petitioners states that the issue involved in the present writ petition is squarely covered by the ratio of judgment rendered by this Court in the case of Haryana Private Colleges CWP 18037 of 2004 2 Non-Teaching Employees Union (Regd.) v. State of Haryana etc. (CWP No. 6220 of 2009, decided on 10.11.2010). Learned State counsel while disputing the stand of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the matter is squarely covered by the ratio of judgment rendered by this Court in Civil Writ Petition No. 6220 of 2009, tried to distinguish the present case on the ground that in the present case, the petitioners had also prayed for quashing of recovery order dated 21.04.2004 (P8). At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioners stated that he does not press his prayer for quashing of the order of recovery. He further restricted his prayer for the grant of benefit of ACP under the Haryana Civil Services (Assured Career Progression) Rules, 1998 as was extended to other similarly situated persons. Thus, the objections of the learned State counsel cannot be sustained. However, this Court is satisfied that the surviving prayer of the petitioners with regard to grant of benefit of ACP in terms of the Haryana Civil Services (Assured Career Progression) Rules, 1998, is squarely covered by the ratio of judgment rendered by this Court in the case of Haryana Private Colleges Non-Teaching Employees Union (Regd.) v. State of Haryana etc. (CWP No. 6220 of 2009, decided on 10.11.2010). Accordingly, the present writ petition is allowed in the same terms as CWP No. 6220 of 2009 (supra). (Nirmaljit Kaur) Judge 02.08.2011 mohan