C.W.P. No.4066 of 1999 [1] In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh. C.W.P. No.4066 of 1999 Date of Decision: 30.4.2007 Amarjit Singh and Others. …Petitioners. Versus State of Punjab and Others. …Respondents. CORAM: HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.KUMAR HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr.H.S.Grewal, Advocate with Mrs.Tanisha Peshawaria, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr.P.S.Thiara, Advocate for the respondents No.2 and 3. JUDGMENT M.M.KUMAR, J. (ORAL) The prayer made by the petitioner in the instant petition is to issue direction for their employment on priority basis being Members of the family whose land has been acquired for Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant, Lehran Mohabbat, Bathinda. In that regard, policy decision dated 15.5.1998 has been relied upon. It remains undisputed that the same policy decision along with the same acquisition was the subject matter of consideration in C.W.P. No.12420 of 2000 Sarabjit Kaur and others v. State of Punjab and others decided on 9.2.2007. The Division Bench after referring to the judgment of Hon'ble the C.W.P. No.4066 of 1999 [2] Supreme Court in the case of Punjab State Electricity Board v. Malkiat Singh 2005(3) R.S.J. 357 held that the petitioners were not entitled to claim appointment as a matter of right, after accepting compensation for the land which was acquired. In view of the above, we find that the matter is squarely covered against the petitioners and there is no merit in the petition. Dismissed. (M.M.KUMAR) Judge April 30, 2007 (RAJESH BINDAL) dkb Judge