IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No. 7036 of 1993 DATE OF DECISION : SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 SADHU RAM VERMA & ORS. ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS. .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA Mr. Kapil Kakkar, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Mr. YK Sharma, DAG, Punjab. AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) The prayer made on behalf of the petitioners in this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to pay to the petitioners higher grade in accordance with the qualifications acquired by them, in view of Government instructions issued from time to time and also in terms of the judgments rendered by this Court and the the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. Civil Writ Petition No. 7036 of 1993 2 Learned counsel for the petitioners contends that the matter is covered by the decision of this Court dated 15.4.2009 rendered in CWP 3931 of 1992 (Baldev Raj Mittal and others v. State of Punjab and others). Learned counsel for the respondent-State concedes that the issue is covered by the decision of this Court rendered in Baldev Raj Mittal's case (supra). In view of the above, this petition is allowed in terms of the judgment in Baldev Raj Mittal's case (supra). September 23, 2009 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?