C.W.P. No.12490 of 2011 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No.12490 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision.30.08.2011 Harjinder Singh @ Bhutto son of S. Harbans Singh resident of VPO Padri Tehsil and Distt. Tarntarn and another .....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab through its Principal Secretary Sports, Ministry of Sports, Government of Punjab, Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh and others .....Respondents Present: Mr. Ashok Saini, Advocate for the petitioners. CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? No -.- K. KANNAN J.(ORAL) C.M. No.11415 of 2011 For the reasons stated in the application, order passed by this Court on 18.08.2011 is recalled and the appeal is restored to its original number. Application is allowed. C.W.P. No.12490 of 2011 1. The petitioners were reserve players in the All India Kabaddi Team and Government had announced an award of Rs.1 crore to the winning team. The grievance of the petitioners is that the amount, which had been awarded, was not distributed amongst all players and they did not have their own share. Previously, the petitioners had come C.W.P. No.12490 of 2011 (O&M) -2- to this Court asking for their representation demanding a share of the reward announced by the Government to be duly considered. This Court in C.W.P. No.10970 of 2010 afforded to the petitioners an opportunity of having their representation considered and an appropriate decision taken by the competent authority. The Director of Sports has now given a speaking order stating that the reward was settled amongst the persons, who were actually the players consisting of 7 stoppers and 7 riders and the standby players were not given any share in the award. Admittedly, the petitioners were standby players and if by their reckoning, the actual persons, who participated in the game, were to be sharing the reward, no exception could be taken to the same. The petitioners, who have been in the standby shall try hard to make it to the playing 14 and they shall not feel disheartened by the fact that they did not secure the share in the reward. It is in these deprivations that the petitioners shall motivate themselves to perform better and earn accolades in future to wipe away this bad memory. 2. The writ petition is dismissed but not without wishing them best in their sporting endeavours. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE August 30, 2011 Pankaj*