In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh C.W.P. No. 12019 of 2005 Date of Decision: 30.11.2006 Mukhtiari Devi and another …Petitioners Versus Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI PRESENT: Mr. J.K. Goel, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. S.S. Dhanaur, Advocate, for the respondents. JUDGMENT M.M. KUMAR, J. (Oral) The petitioner has filed the instant petition under Article 226 of the Constitution for quashing termination order dated 12.3.2001 (P-1). A further prayer has been made to direct the respondents to reinstate the petitioners in service and regularise their services from the date of their entitlement alongwith all the arrears of salary and allowances together with interest by following the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’. C.W.P. No. 12019 of 2005 Having heard the learned counsel for the parties we are of the considered view that no such directions could be issued for regularization of the services of the petitioners in view of the Constitution Bench judgment of Hon’ble the Supreme Court in the case of Secretary, State of Karnataka v. Umadevi, (2006) 4 SCC 1 as well as a detailed judgment of this Court in the case of Rajinder Kumar v. State of Haryana, 2006 (2) PLR 474. Therefore, the instant petition fails and the same is dismissed. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (M.M.S. BEDI) November 30, 2006 JUDGE Pkapoor 2