IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No. 9652 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION : JULY 6, 2009 BISHAN SINGH & ORS. ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS THE STATE OF PUNJAB & ANR. .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Mr. RK Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) Petitioners, 10 in number, have approached this Court under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to grant the same benefit to the petitioners as granted under judgment dated 21.7.2008 rendered in CWP 15554 of 2007 (Gian Chand and others v. State of Punjab and others). The order has been placed on record as Annexure P-1. Learned counsel contends that circular dated 29.7.2003 (Annexure P-6) has already been quashed. The effect of the circular was Civil Writ Petition No. 9652 of 2009 2 allowing commutation of pension to the petitioners at reduced rates. Learned counsel has further pointed out that an identical issue was raised before this Court by way of filing CWP 7446 of 2008 (Sohan Singh v. The State of Punjab and another), which was decided on 30.3.2009. The order has been placed on record as Annexure P-9. Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Mr. B.S. Chahal, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Mr. Chahal does not dispute the facts stated by the learned counsel for the petitioners. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of in the same terms as order dated 30.3.2009 rendered in CWP 7446 of 2008 (Sohan Singh v. The State of Punjab and another). July 6, 2009 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE