IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.14537 of 2008 Date of decision: 21st July, 2009 Court on its own motion … Petitioner Versus State of Punjab … Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE T.S. THAKUR HOB’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Rupinder Khosla, Additional Advocate General Punjab. Notes: 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? T.S. THAKUR, CJ. (ORAL) We have heard Mr. Rupinder Khosla, learned counsel appearing for the respondents and perused the affidavit in reply filed by the Principal Secretary, Govt. of Punjab, Department of Transport. We have also noted the decisions rendered by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in ‘Union of India v. Tulsi Ram Patel’ 1985 (2) SLR 576 and ‘Divisional Personnel Officer and others v. T.R. Chellapan’ 1976 (3) SCC 190 and by this Court in ‘Kaur Singh and others v. Punjab State Electricity Civil Writ Petition No. 14537 of 2008 Board and others’ 2007 (4) RSJ 780 and ‘Hans Raj v. State of Punjab’ 2001 (4) RSJ 661. In the light of the legal position settled in the above decisions, we are of the view that there is no compelling need for us to issue any direction in the present petition in public interest. With these observations, present petition is disposed of. [T. S. THAKUR] CHIEF JUSTICE [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE July 21, 2009 rps 2