C.W.P. No.11771 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No.11771 of 2011 Date of Decision: 12.07.2011 Deep Chand & others ....Petitioners Versus State of Haryana & others ...Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Munish Mittal, Advocate for the petitioners. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers 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 ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to count the work charge service of the petitioners for pensionary and other benefits after giving them an opportunity to submit fresh option in terms of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court titled as Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and others vs. Bachan Singh reported as 2010(1) RSJ 274. Notice of motion. At this stage, Mr. Sudhir Hooda, Advocate for Mr. Narender Hooda, Advocate appears and accepts notice on behalf of respondents No.2 to 7 and does not dispute that the issue has already been settled by the Apex Court and the case of the present petitioner is squarely covered by the ratio of the judgment rendered by this Court in the C.W.P. No.11771 of 2011 2 case of Mangal Singh and others vs. Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited and others (CWP No.19123 of 2010, decided on 27.04.2011), vide which, general directions were issued and it was held that in such like cases, the persons should not be forced to approach the Courts. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed in the same terms as CWP No.19123 of 2010 (supra). (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 12.07.2011 JUDGE gurpreet