Civil Writ Petition No. 403 of 1993 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No. 403 of 1993 Date of decision:- 22.07.2011 Sudesh Kumar and others ....Petitioners Vs. The Secretary to Government of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.N. JINDAL Present:- Mr. R.K. Arora, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. P.C. Goyal, Addl. A.G., Punjab. ***** A.N. JINDAL, J (ORAL) The petitioners have invoked the provisions of Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of direction to the respondents to grant to the petitioners (Octroi Staff), the benefits equal to their counterparts working in the office. During the course of arguments, it has been brought to my notice that a short affidavit dated 11.01.2002 has been filed by Mr. S.S. Bajwa, PCS, Joint Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Local Government, on behalf of respondent No.1, mentioning therein that the Government has written to the concerned department to comply with the judgment (Annexure A- 1) delivered by the Hon'ble Apex Court in Civil Appeal No. 8434 of 1997 titled as 'Municipal Council Employees Union (Regd.), Sirhind and others Vs. State of Pounjab and others'. The relevant extract of the affidavit is as under:- “3. That all Commissioners of Municipal Corporations, Civil Writ Petition No. 403 of 1993 2 Regional Deputy Directors, Local Government and Executive Officers of Local Bodies in the State of Punjab have been directed to meticulously comply with the orders of Supreme Court of India passed in Civil Appeal No.8434 of 1997 titled as Municipal Employees Union (Regd.) Sirhind and others Vs. State of Punjab and others.” Mr. P.C. Goyal, Addl. A.G., Punjab, has stated that the judgment delivered by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the aforesaid case is being implemented in letter and spirit. In this view of the matter, the present petition is disposed of with the directions to the petitioners to approach the appropriate Court for computation of the arrears under Section 33 (C) (2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, in terms of the aforesaid judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court. (A.N.JINDAL) 22nd July, 2011 JUDGE ajp