CWP No. 12479 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 12479 of 2010 Date of decision : 15.07.2011 Ajit Singh and others ......Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present: Mr. RVS Chugh, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Puneet Gupta, Addl.A.G. Punjab **** RITU BAHRI, J. (Oral) This is a petition under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of writ of mandamus to direct the respondents to release all the retiral benefits of petitioner Nos. 1 to 4 on the basis of actual pay drawn by them till their retirement along with interest @18% per annum and further to direct the respondents not to deduct any amount from the salary of petitioner No. 5 with regard to three increment already granted to him. The petitioners further prays for quashing of impugned letters dated 01.09.2009 in respect of all petitioners (annexure P-1), clarification dated 21.04.2009 (Annexure P-2) issued by Education Department, Punjab Government. It has remained undisputed that the relief sought by the petitioners in the instant writ petition has already been sought by another applicants before another Bench of this Court in CWP No. 8218 of 2009 titled as Raj Kumari CWP No. 12479 of 2010 -2- and others vs. State of Punjab and others, decided on 05.04.2010. The aforesaid petition was disposed of by placing reliance on the judgment of Full Bench of this Court in Budh Ram vs. State of Haryana and others 2009(3) PLR 511. 3. Therefore, for the parity of reasoning this petition is also disposed of in terms of the judgment dated 05.04.2010 rendered in CWP No. 8218 of 2009. July 15, 2011 (RITU BAHRI) G.Arora JUDGE