IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Miscellaneous No.12514 of 2009 & Civil Writ Petition No.15372 of 2007 Date of Decision: August 10, 2009 Satwinder Singh Nagi .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Kapil Kakkar, Advocate, for the applicant-petitioner. Ms. Charu Tuli, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondents. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) C.M. No.12514 of 2009 The application has been filed for early hearing of the main petition. It has been pleaded in the application that the case is covered by the judgment rendered by this Court in Civil Writ Petition No.14722 of 2008 titled `Bhajan Singh & Others vs. State of Punjab & Others’ decided on 14.1.2009. For reasons given in the application, the application is allowed. CWP No.15372 of 2007 [2] On request of learned counsel for the parties, the main writ petition is taken up for hearing today. C.W.P. No.15372 of 2007 On behalf of the petitioner, it has been contended that the petitioner retired from service as Inspector from the Office of Excise & Taxation Commissioner, Punjab, on 31.1.2006. In the petition, it has been brought out that the retirees who retired in between 31.7.2003 and 31.10.2006 are being paid less commutation value in view of letter dated 29.7.2003 issued by the respondents. It has been pleaded that the persons similarly situated as the petitioner had approached this Court by way of filing a bunch of petitions, the main petition being Civil Writ Petition No.14722 of 2008 titled `Bhajan Singh & Others vs. State of Punjab & Others’, which have been allowed vide Order dated 14.1.2009. The case being similar to the case of the petitioner, the petitioner is also entitled to the same benefits. Learned counsel for the respondents has not been able to draw any distinction in facts or in law. In view of the above, this petition is allowed in the same terms as judgment rendered CWP No.15372 of 2007 [3] in Civil Writ Petition No.14722 of 2008 titled `Bhajan Singh & Others vs. State of Punjab & Others’ decided on 14.1.2009. (AJAI LAMBA) August 10, 2009 JUDGE avin