IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.15842 of 2006 Date of Decision: 21.5.2008 Yash Pal Dhankar Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.C.PURI Present: Shri Ravi Verma, Advocate for the petitioner Shri Harish Rathee, Sr. D.A.G. Haryana for the respondents Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) By filing this writ petition the petitioner has laid challenge to the letter dated 22.8.2003 (P/7) and order dated 18.9.2006 (P/6), vide which, benefit of one additional increment, which was earlier granted to the petitioner has been ordered to be withdrawn and his pay has been re-fixed. Counsel for the petitioner states that the order Annexure P/6 has been passed without any opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. He further states that validity of letter dated 22.8.2003 (P/7) was challenged before this Court in Om Parkash and others v. State of Haryana and others, CWP No.18601 of 2006, and this Court quashed the above said letter vide judgment dated 10.4.2008. Vide judgment, referred to above, withdrawal of additional increment from the government employees, in consequent to the order, referred to above, was also quashed. Counsel states that to get relief, Civil Writ Petition No.15842 of 2006 case of the petitioner is squarely covered by ratio of the judgment, referred to above. Shri Rathee, when confronted with above said situation, has failed to show us anything to the contrary. In view of facts mentioned above, this writ petition is allowed, order withdrawing additional increment, granted earlier to the petitioner, is set aside in the same terms as in Om Parkash’s case (supra). (Jasbir Singh) Judge May 21, 2008 (K.C. Puri) gk Judge 2