CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.20670 OF 2010 :{ 1 }: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH DATE OF DECISION: AUGUST 05, 2011 Subhash Chander and others .....Petitioners VERSUS State of Haryana and others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? PRESENT: Mr. Deepak Balyan, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr.DAG, Haryana, for the State. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. This order will dispose of Civil Writ Petition Nos.20670, 20675, 21244 and 21276 of 2010. The prayer made by the petitioners in these writ petitions is for counting the service rendered by them in Haryana State Minor Irrigation Tubewell Corporation for grant of benefit of pension. This issue has come up for consideration in large number of cases before this Court. This Court has already taken a view that the service rendered by the employees in H.S.M.I.T.C is required to CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.20670 OF 2010 :{ 2 }: be counted for the purpose of pension. Reference in this regard can be made to the decision dated 15.7.2008 of the Hon'ble Supreme Court rendered in Civil Appeal No.4446 of 2000 (State of Haryana and another Vs. Deepak Sood and others). Counsel for the petitioner has also drawn my attention to the instructions dated 16.12.2010 whereby the Government itself has now formulated a Scheme for holding the person eligible for such benefits on the basis of law laid down by this Court. In view of settled position of law, the present writ petitions are disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the case of the petitioners in the light of instructions dated 16.12.2010 and they be allowed the benefit of counting their service for the purpose of pensionary benefits. August 05, 2011 (RANJIT SINGH ) khurmi JUDGE