IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.O.C.P. No. 148 of 1998 Date of Decision: July 21, 2011 Smt. Kesar and others ….Petitioners Versus Sh. Rajan Gupta and another … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH 1. Whether reporters of local news papers may be allowed to see judgment? 2. To be referred to reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr. B.R. Rana, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. K.K. Gupta, Advocate, for the respondents. Alok Singh, J. (Oral) I have gone through the record. The brief facts of the present case are that the petitioners had filed Civil Writ Petition No. 3713 of 1990 for the issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to pay wages to the petitioners at the rate equivalent to the pay scales of regularly employed workers in the corresponding cadre and further to regularize the COCP No.148 of 1998 services of the petitioners from the dates of their initial appointments. The writ petition was disposed of vide order dated 22.03.1990 with a direction that the petitioners may make representation to the respondent-authorities, who will pass appropriate orders on the same within six months thereof. The allegation of the petitioners is that on 22.04.1990, they made a representation to the respondent No.2 and a copy of the same was also sent to respondent No.1. The petitioners again made representation on 01.04.1996 to respondent No.2 and prayed therein that their services should be regularized, but the respondents have failed to comply with the orders of this Court dated 22.03.1990. Learned counsel for the respondents has stated that the representation of the petitioners was decided on 04.06.1991 and in fact, all the petitioners have been regularized in the year 1992. In view of this statement, learned counsel for the petitioners does not press this petition and seeks permission to withdraw this petition. Present petition is dismissed as withdrawn and notice served on the respondents stands discharged. July 21, 2011 ( Alok Singh ) 2 COCP No.148 of 1998 vkd Judge 3