IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.9770 of 2005 Date of decision: 30th September, 2010 Paramjit Singh and others … Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another … Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: None for the petitioners. Ms. Sudeepti Sharma, DAG Punjab, for the State. Mr. N.D. Kalra, Advocate for respondent No.2. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) The 32 petitioners herein have approached this Court with a prayer that the notification dated 9th July, 1992 (Annexure P-2), whereby the post of Inspector Grade-II of Cooperation Department, Punjab was merged with that of Inspector Grade-I be quashed. Mr. N.D. Kalra, Advocate appearing for respondent No.2, has stated that the impugned notification was a subject matter of challenge in Civil Writ Petition No.9893 of 1992 titled as ‘Sukhraj Singh Brar etc. v. State of Punjab etc.’ decided on 24th July, 1992. It is stated that validity of the notification was upheld. Subsequently, the notification was also considered by a Single Bench of this Court in Civil Writ Petition No.11397 of 1992 titled as ‘Swaran Singh and others v. State of Punjab and others’ decided on 19th August, 1994, wherein relying upon the judgment of Division Bench of this Court rendered in Sukhraj Singh Brar’s case (supra), the notification was upheld. It is stated that Swaran Singh, Civil Writ Petition No.9770 of 2005 aggrieved against the order of Single Bench of this Court, had filed a Letters Patent Appeal No.936 of 1994, which was also dismissed on July 29, 2004 and the notification was upheld. In view of the judgments relied upon by counsel for respondent No.2, the matter already stands concluded, therefore, this Court cannot come to the rescue of the petitioners. Hence, the present petition is hereby dismissed, with no order as to costs. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE September 30, 2010 rps 2