IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP NO. 1531 OF 2009 DATE OF DECISION: 30.1.2009 Om Parkash Narang and Ors ...Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab & Others …Respondents CORAM HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI PRESENT: Mr.P.S.Khurana, Advocate for the petitioners Permod Kohli, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. On the asking of this Court, Mr.B.S.Chahal, DAG, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the respondents-State. With the consent of the counsel, this petition is disposed of at motion stage. Some of the petitioners are serving whereas some of them retired as Secondary School Teachers and Primary School Teachers. They were getting House Rent Allowance in lieu of the Government Accommodations while posted in Border Area. Under the government instructions, House Rent Allowance was permissible. Similar issue was decided by this Court in CWP No.15315 of 1995 and finally Hon'ble Supreme Court has decided CWP NO. 1531 OF 2009 :2: the issue vide judgments passed in SLP (C ) NO. 9149 of 1992 and Civil Appeal No.7567 of 2002 (Annexures P-7 and P-11). The petitioners have also served a legal notice (Annexure P-9) to the respondents for taking decision in the light of the aforesaid judgments but the same has not been decided till date. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondents to take a decision on the legal notice (Annexure P-9), in the light of the aforementioned judgments within a period of two months from the date a certified copy of this order is furnished to respondents. If the petitioners are found entitled to their claims, the same be released to them, if not already released. Needless to say, in the event the claim of the petitioner is to be rejected, it shall be by a reasoned and speaking order. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 30.1.2009 MFK