IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.14295 of 2003 Date of Decision : August 23, 2011. Iqbal Singh and others .....Petitioners versus The Stae of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Ms.Heena Talwar, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.P.C.Goel, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioners seek quashing of the order dated 22.08.2003 (Annexure P-13) whereby the order granting them the benefit of stepping up their pay at par with their juniors has been withdrawn and consequential recovery is sought to be effected from them. This Court had stayed the recovery from the petitioners while admitting the writ petition. During the course of hearing, learned counsel for the parties are ad-idem that the controversy involved in this writ petition stands answered in favour of the petitioners vide decision dated 28.5.2009 rendered by this Court in Civil Writ Petition No.10472 of 2008 (Jasbir CWP No.14295 of 2003 [2] Singh versus State of Punjab and others). For the reasons afore-stated, the writ petition is allowed in terms of the judgment in Jasbir Singh's case (supra) and the impugned order dated 22.8.2003 (Annexure P-13) is hereby quashed. As the petitioners have already retired from service, their pensionary as well as other retiral benefits shall be released accordingly within a period of 6 months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Dasti. August 23, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE