IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.19609 of 2007 Date of Decision : May 26, 2010. Harpreet Singh and others .....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.A.P.S.Shergill, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.K.S.Sidhu, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) This order shall dispose of Civil Writ Petition Nos.19609 of 2007 and 5193 of 2008 as common questions of law and facts are involved in these cases. For brevity, the facts are being extracted from Civil Writ Petition No.19609 of 2007. The petitioners are working as Constable-Computer Operators in the Police Department, Government of Punjab. They seek a direction for constitution of a separate cadre for providing promotional avenues to their category. During the course of hearing, learned counsel for the parties C.W.P.No .19609 of 2007 2 are ad-idem that the claim of the petitioners can be effectively considered by the Officers' Committee consisting (i) Shri S.K.Sharma, IPS, Additional Director General of Police, Human Rights, Punjab, Chandigarh; (ii) Shri Parag Jain, IPS, IGP/Head Quarters, Punjab Police; and (iii) Shri M.S.Gill, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, to be duly assisted by Shri H.S.Sidhu, IPS, DIG, Punjab, constituted by this Court vide an order dated 30.3.2010 passed in C.W.P.No.307 of 2010 (SI Lakhwinder Singh and others versus State of Punjab and others), to consider and redress the grievances of the police personnel like the petitioners in this writ petition. The writ petitions are accordingly disposed of with a direction to the Officer's Committee to consider and dispose of the claim of the petitioners preferably after hearing them in representative capacity or personally within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Needless to say that if their claim is acceptable and the committee recommends in their favour, the said recommendations shall be implemented forthwith by the Competent Authority unless it disagrees for the reasons to be assigned in writing. However, if the petitioners are dis-satisfied with the decision of the Committee, they shall also be at liberty to seek redressal of their grievance(s) before an appropriate forum. Dasti. May 26, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE