IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP No.957 of 2009 Date of decision: 12.10.2009 Ram Narain Madan ......Petitioner(s) Versus R.K. Sharma and others ......Respondent(s) CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR GARG * * * Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. S.K. Hooda, Sr. DAG, Haryana. Rakesh Kumar Garg, J.(Oral) S.K.Joshi, IAS, Director Elementary Education Haryana, Chandigarh has filed an additional affidavit dated 18.9.2009 in this case wherein it has been submitted as under: “That the petitioner in para No.2 of the contempt petition requested this Hon'ble Court for quashing the impugned orders dated 17.12.2007 (Annexure P-5) vide which the respondent No.4 passed an order to recover Rs.2,09,539/- from the petitioner in an illegal and arbitrary manner. It is submitted that keeping in view the orders dated 04.03.2008 in CWP No.6599/2007- Shakuntla Devi & others Vs. State of Haryana, the Finance Department Haryana issued instructions on 25.6.2009 implementing the orders of this Hon'ble Court. In compliance of the instructions of Finance Department the deponent on 05.08.2009 issued instructions to all the District Elementary Education Officers in the State of Haryana for giving the benefits of JST Grade all the eligible teachers. It is submitted that in this regard respondent No.2, vide order No.78/09 dated 03.09.2009 COCP No.957 of 2009 -2- withdrew the notice given for recover of Rs.2,09,539/-. The copy of the same is annexed as Annexure R-1. It is submitted that the Accountant General Haryana vide letter dated 01.06.2009 released the above withheld amount and the same was received by the petitioner. It is submitted that in this regard no recovery has been effected from the petitioner.” In view of the aforesaid reply, I am not inclined to proceed further in this petition. Rule discharged October 12, 2009 (RAKESH KUMAR GARG) ps JUDGE