CWP No.15586 of 2008 ( 1 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIARH. Date of decision: 24.07.2009 1.CWP No.15586 of 2008 Kishore Kumar and others ... Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and others ... Respondents 2.CWP No.15627 of 2008 Manmohan Singh and others ... Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and others ... Respondents 3.CWP No.18301 of 2008 Gurvinder Singh and others ... Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and others ... Respondents 4.CWP No.15596 of 2008 Jagraj Singh and others ... Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and others ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI Present: Mr.Jaspal Singh Maanipur, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.B.S. Chahal, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondents. PERMOD KOHLI, J. Since common questions of law and facts are involved in these writ petitions, the same are being disposed of by this common order. The petitioners in all these cases are working as Pump Operator, Bill Clerks, Fitter Coolie, Lineman, Mali-cum-Chowkidar etc. CWP No.15586 of 2008 ( 2 ) with effect from different dates between the years 1989 and 1998. They were appointed after adopting proper procedure and performing the same duties which are being performed by the regular incumbents, but the petitioners are being paid the fixed wages instead of the minimum of the regular pay scale along with DA attached to the posts held by them. Complete particulars of the petitioners are given in Annexure P-1 in all these writ petitions. The petitioners served legal notices upon the respondents for grant of minimum of pay in the regular pay scale of the posts held by them. The claim of the petitioners has been rejected vide the impugned order Annexure P-7. The present writ petitions have been filed seeking a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned order Annexure P-7 passed by respondent No.5. The issue involved in these cases are no more res integra. The same is squarely covered by a judgment of this Court rendered on 09.07.2009 in Civil Writ Petition No.116 of 2009 (Rajinder Kumar and others Vs. State of Punjab and others) along with other connected matters. All these writ petitions are disposed of in terms of the aforesaid judgment. A copy of this order be placed on the record of each concerned file. 24.07.2009 (PERMOD KOHLI) BLS JUDGE Note: Whether to be referred to the Reporter?