CWP No. 3371 of 1990 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No. 3371 of 1990 Date of decision 6.7.2011 Punjab State Electricity Board Diploma Engineers Association and others . Petitioners Versus . Punjab State Electricity Board and others .. Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Present: Mr. Vivek Sharma, Advocate for the petitioners Mr.Suvir Sehgal, Addl. AG Punjab Ms. Heena Talwar, Advocate for respondents 2 to 8 Mr. S.K.Gupta, Advocate for PSEB 1. To be referred to the Reporter or not ? 2. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest ? M.M.KUMAR, J. Mr. Vivek Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioners state that the instant petition has been rendered infructuous and be dismissed as such. However, we find that the matter is covered against the petitioner by virtue of a Division Bench judgement rendered by us in CWP No. 5481 of 1990 decided on 5.7.2011 (R.P.Aggarwal and others v. Haryana State Electricity Board). The question of law raised in the aforesaid judgement was whether prescription of quota on the basis of educational qualification for the members of one cadre is sustainable on the touch-stone of Articles 14 and 16(1) of the Constitution. The answer given to the aforesaid question is in the affirmative in view of the judgements rendered by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in the cases of P.Murugesan v. State of Tamil Nadu (1993) 2 SCC 340 and Secretary-cum-Chief Engineer, Chandigarh v. Hari Om Sharma CWP No. 3371 of 1990 2 (1998) 5 SCC 87. In view of the above, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. (M.M.Kumar) Judge (Gurdev Singh) 6.7 .2011 Judge okg