Civil Writ Petition No. 6581 of 2008 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No. 6581 of 2008 Date of Decision: 18 .12.2008 Satya Paul Garg and Others …Petitioners Versus Punjab State Electricity Board, Patiala and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Ranjivan Singh, Advocate for the petitioners. Ms. Puneet Kaur Sekhon, Advocate for respondents No.1 and 3 to 11. Mr. Satish Bhanot, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for respondent No.2. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) Satya Paul Garg and others have filed a writ petition in this Court seeking quashing of notification dated 29.7.2003 (Annexure P2). Civil Misc. No. 17982 of 2008 has been filed for seeking exemption from filing of certified copy of Annexure A which is a decision of Division Bench of this Court rendered in Gian Chand and others v. State of Punjab and Others (Civil Writ Petition No. 15554 of 2007 decided on 21.7.2008). Learned counsel for the petitioners/applicants and the respondents are in agreement that the case of the petitioner is covered Civil Writ Petition No. 6581 of 2008 2 by the ratio of the decision rendered by the Division Bench of this Court in Gian Chand’s case (supra). Learned counsel for the respondents state that the above said decision of this Court in Gian Chand’s case (supra) is a subject matter of Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No. 25856 of 2008, in which notice has been issued and it has been further ordered that contempt proceedings, if any, shall stand stayed. Learned counsel for the petitioners has stated that since the case of the petitioners is covered by the Division Bench judgment of this Court rendered in Gian Chand’s case (supra), which is under challenge before Hon’ble the Apex Court, the petitioners are ready and willing to furnish an undertaking to their employer that they shall be bound by the decision of Special Leave to Appeal and they will not claim any benefit till the decision of the Special Leave to Appeal. Therefore, in order to save them from engaging a counsel in Hon’ble the Apex Court, the present writ petition is allowed in the same terms as in Gian Chand’s case (supra) Learned counsel for the respondents has no objection to it. The parties are in agreement that this will save both the sides from engaging a counsel in Hon’ble the Apex Court. It is, therefore, ordered that the present writ petition is allowed in same terms as in Gian Chand’s case (supra) subject to the condition that the petitioners herein shall furnish an undertaking to their employer that they shall remain bound by the outcome of the decision of Hon’ble the Apex Court in Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No. 25856 of 2008 where the judgment rendered in Gian Chand’s case (supra) has been challenged. The Civil Writ Petition No. 6581 of 2008 3 undertaking shall also contain a specific averment that the petitioners shall not claim any benefit till the decision of Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No. 25856 of 2008 and they will not initiate any contempt proceedings. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge December 18, 2008 “DK”