IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: May 25, 2011 1. Civil Writ Petition No.6621 of 2007 Pramod Kumar Pathak .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS Punjab State Electricity Board, Head Office, Patiala through its Secretary & others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . 2. Civil Writ Petition No.6891 of 2007 Ram Dev Soni .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS Punjab State Electricity Board, Head Office, Patiala through its Secretary & others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . 3. Civil Writ Petition No.16167 of 2007 Manohar Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS Punjab State Electricity Board, The Mall, Patiala through its Secretary & others CWP No.6621 of 2007 [2] .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. A.K. Walia, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. P.S. Thiara, Advocate, for the respondents. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. This shall dispose of three petitions viz. Civil Writ Petition Nos.6621 of 2007 titled ‘Pramod Kumar Pathak vs. Punjab State Electricity Board, Head Office, Patiala through its Secretary & others’; 6891 of 2007 titled ‘Ram Dev Soni vs. Punjab State Electricity Board, Head Office, Patiala through its Secretary & others’; and 16167 of 2007 titled ‘Manohar Singh vs. Punjab State Electricity Board, The Mall, Patiala through its Secretary & others’ as common questions of facts and law are involved. 2. For reference to record, file of Civil Writ Petition No.6621 of 2007 titled ‘Pramod Kumar Pathak vs. Punjab State Electricity Board, Head Office, Patiala through its Secretary & others’ is being taken up. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner, at the outset, contends that the respondents illegally withdrew benefit of time pay CWP No.6621 of 2007 [3] scale granted after 9/16 years of service as well as benefit of proficiency step up granted after 8/18 years of service on account of foregoing of promotion. 3. Learned counsel further contends that respondents do not have the right to effect recovery. It has been pleaded that the issue raised in the petition has already been addressed by this Court while dealing with Civil Writ Petition No.2587 of 2009 titled ‘Rattan Chand vs. Punjab State Electricity Board & others’, decided on 12.8.2010. 4. Learned counsel for the respondents contend that indeed the issue raised in the petition would be covered by judgment rendered by this Court in Rattan Chand’s case (supra). 5. In Rattan Chand’s case (supra), the following has been held:- “(17). For the reasons afore-stated, the writ petition is al- lowed; the impugned order dated 11.10.2002 (An- nexure P2) and the subsequent speaking order dated 23.12.2008 (Annexure P5) are hereby quashed. The respondents are directed to restore the time bound promotional pay scales to the petitioner w.e.f. 11.10.1990 & 18.06.1993, respectively on comple- tion of 9/16 years of his service, besides refunding the amount of Rs.1,27,431/- deducted from the DCRG of the petitioner. The respondents are further directed to re-fix the pension and other retiral dues of the petitioner accordingly. The petitioner shall be paid the deducted amount as well as the arrears of the promotional pay-scales and pension etc. along with interest @ 9% per annum. In addition, the peti- tioner shall also be entitled to cost of Rs.10,000/- which the respondents shall be at liberty to recover from the officer(s)/official(s) who raised the objec- tions leading to the withdrawal of the promotional pay scales from the petitioner. The needful shall be done within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. (18) Ordered accordingly.” CWP No.6621 of 2007 [4] 6. In view of the fact that learned counsel for the respondents admit that the case is covered by decision dated 12.8.2010 rendered by this Court in Civil Writ Petition No.2587 of 2009 titled ‘Rattan Chand vs. Punjab State Electricity Board & others’, relevant portion whereof has been extracted above, the petitions are decided in the same terms. (AJAI LAMBA) May 25, 2011 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?