In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh CWP No. 3573 of 2008 Date of decision:11.7.2008 Asha Wati ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others .......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.KUMAR HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.Shekhar Verma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.P.C.Goyal, Sr.DAG, Punjab for respondent No.1. Mr.R.N.Raina, Advocate, for respondents No.2 and 4. Mr.I.S.Sidhu, Advocate, for respondent No.3. **** JUDGMENT M.M.KUMAR, J. The petitioner was an employee of the U.T.Administration, Chandigarh, who has retired on 30.10.2004. She has challenged instructions dated 23.11.2006 (Annexure P-2) adopting instructions dated 31.10.2006 of the Punjab Government. It is the conceded position that the Central Administrative Tribunal, Chandigarh has jurisdiction over all service disputes of the employees of the U.T.Chandigarh and, therefore, the grievance has CWP No. 3573 of 2008 -2- to be raised before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench. Merely because the circular dated 31.10.2006 has been issued by the State of Punjab would not deprive the Tribunal of exercising jurisdiction because that circular has been adopted and applied to the employees of U.T., Chandigarh, who are within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to approach the Central Administrative Tribunal, Chandigarh. (M.M.KUMAR) JUDGE (SABINA) JUDGE July 11, 2008 anita