In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh. C.W.P No.21549 of 2008 Date of Decision: 23.12.2008 Babu Ram ....Petitioner. Versus Union of India and others ....Respondents. Coram:- Hon'ble Mr.Justice J.S. Khehar Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present: Mr. Bhim Sen Sehgal, Advocate for the petitioner. ... J.S. Khehar, J. (Oral). Notice of motion. On our asking, Ms. Ranjana Shahi, Advocate, accepts notice on behalf of respondents No.1 to 5. Learned counsel for the respondents states, that it is not necessary to file a formal reply to the instant writ petition in view of the undisputed fact, that the cut off date depicted in the notification dated 1.2.2006 (Annexure P-2), which is subject matter of the controversy in the instant writ petition, has already been adjudicated upon and settled by this Court in Gurmel Singh Dhandi and others Vs. Union of India and others (Civil Writ Petition No.6223 of 2007, decided on 26.5.2008). In view of the above, the instant writ petition is allowed in terms of the decision rendered by this Court in Gurmel Singh’s case (supra). ( J.S. Khehar ) Judge ( Nirmaljit Kaur ) Judge. 23.12.2008 sk.