CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.1814 OF 2010 :{ 1 }: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH DATE OF DECISION: SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 Raldu Ram .....Petitioner VERSUS State of Haryana and others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? PRESENT: Mr. I. P. Goyat, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr.DAG, Haryana, for the State. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. (ORAL) This order will dispose of Civil Writ Petition Nos.1814 of 2010 (Raldu Ram Vs. State of Haryana and others) and 4199 of 2010 (Ashwani Kumar and another Vs. State of Haryana and others). The facts are being taken from Civil Writ Petition No.1814 of 2010. The petitioner was selected to the post of Light Vehicle Driver on 30.11.2004. On coming to know that number of persons have been appointed to the posts, he filed a writ petition before this Court in the year 2006. The said writ petition was allowed and the CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.1814 OF 2010 :{ 2 }: respondents were directed to appoint the petitioner and fix his seniority as per the norms. The petitioner has now filed this writ petition for quashing the action of the respondents making applicable to the petitioner the Haryana New Pension Scheme, 2008, whereby he has been denied the right to become subscriber to the General Provident Fund. In response to notice of motion, the respondents appeared and have made a statement before the Registrar that all the benefits have been released to the petitioner. A communication in this regard from the Financial Commissioner & Principal Secretary to Government Haryana, addressed to Advocate General, Haryana, has been placed on record of the case. After making reference to the fact that the petitioner was appointed as a Driver in the Department, it is stated that he has been allowed notional benefits towards pay fixation on the post of Driver with effect from the date his junior, Jitender, Driver, was appointed. The pay of the petitioner has accordingly been fixed. The Accountant General, Haryana, has also been requested to open G.P.F account of the petitioner by the B.D.P.O., vide his letter No.828 dated 19.4.2010 and this intimation has been sent through letter No.1436 dated 11.8.2010. In view of the stand taken by the respondents, the relief claimed in both the writ petitions stand allowed. Accordingly, both the writ petitions are rendered infructuous and are disposed of as such. September 21, 2010 ( RANJIT SINGH ) khurmi JUDGE