IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No. 7664 of 2001 DATE OF DECISION : NOVEMBER 11, 2009 DARSHAN SINGH & ORS. ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS THE STATE OF PUNJAB & ANR. .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Mr. Salil, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Mr. OP Dabla, DAG, Punjab. AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) For the reasons given in judgment of even date passed in CWP 7663 of 2001 (Mehar Singh and others v. The State of Punjab and another), the petition is disposed of with directions to the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioners in regard to their plea in challenge to Notifications dated 24.12.1992 and 8.1.1998. The respondents would be required to consider the ratio as settled by this Court while dealing with CWP 16380 of 1989 (Balbir Singh and others v. State of Punjab etc.) decided on 7.5.2009 and CWP 14264 of 1991 (Harbhajan Singh Dhindsa and others v. The State of Punjab and another), decided on 9.11.2009, and pass appropriate Civil Writ Petition No. 7664 of 2001 2 orders within a period of 5 months of receipt of certified copy of the order. November 11, 2009 ( AJAI LAMBA) Kang JUDGE