IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH LPA No. 1384 of 1991 Date of Decision: 28.06.2010 State of Punjab and others ..Appellants Versus Subhash Chander Garg and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MUKUL MUDGAL, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present : Mr. H.S.Sidhu, Addl. Advocate General, Punjab for the appellants. Mr. Puneet Jindal, Advocate, for respondent No.11. ***** MUKUL MUDGAL, C.J. (Oral) This order shall dispose of LPA Nos. 1384 to 1393 of 1991, as the common question of law and facts are involved therein. 2. In these Letters Patent Appeals, challenge is to the judgments dated 27.2.1991 of a learned Single Judge allowing Civil Writ Petitions No. 5799, 5983, 5984, 5690, 6128, 6176, 6137, 6207, 6363 and 6539 all pertaining to the year 1998 and quashing the instructions dated 28.6.1988 issued by the State of Punjab prohibiting the legal practitioners from scribing the registrable documents. LPA No. 1384 of 1991 [2] 3. At the outset, Mr. Sidhu, learned counsel appearing for the State of Punjab very fairly stated that the issue raised in all these appeals has already been settled against the State by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Zila Dastavej Lekhak Association, Banda and another V. State of U.P. and others, 1996(8) Supreme Court Cases 441, therefore, all these appeals may be dismissed in the same terms. 4. After hearing the learned counsel for the State of Punjab and going through the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Zila Dastavej Lekhak Association's case (supra), we are of the view that the issue raised in all these appeals has already been concluded, therefore, nothing survives which require adjudication by this Court. Accordingly, all these appeals are also dismissed in terms of Zila Dastavej Lekhak Association's case (supra). (MUKUL MUDGAL) CHIEF JUSTICE (AJAY TEWARI) JUDGE 28.06.2010 'ravinder'