C.W.P No. 18443 of 2008 ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P No. 18443 of 2008 Date of decision : February 19, 2009 Sobh Raj and others, ...... Petitioner (s) v. The State of Haryana and others ...... Respondent(s) *** CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI *** Present : Mr. Ranvir Parashar, Advocate for Mr.Vinod Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.A.K.Gupta, Addl.A.G Haryana for respondents No.1 to 4. Mr. Jagdish Manchanda, Advocate for respondent No.5. *** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers 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 ? *** AJAY TEWARI, J (Oral) The petitioners, who were the employees of Muncipal Council, Hisar, have filed this writ petition for getting the benefit of encashment of 300 days earned leave instead of prescribed 240 days on the ground that this benefit has been granted to government employees. Counsel for the respondents have relied upon a decision of this Court rendered in CWP No.15523 of 2007, Harbans Lal and others vs State C.W.P No. 18443 of 2008 ::2:: of Haryana and others, decided on 8.8.2008, wherein a Division Bench of this Court has rejected a similar claim. In the circumstances, this writ petition is accordingly dismissed. ( AJAY TEWARI ) February 19, 2009. JUDGE `kk'