IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.15423 of 1990 Date of Decision : 15.09.2010 Satwant Chadha and others ...... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab ...... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present:- Mr. J.S. Sathi, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. O.P. Dabla, D.A.G. Punjab, for the respondent-State. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) Petitioners have filed this writ petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India seeking direction to the respondent to grant them one premature increment with effect from February 8th, 1978 in terms of Punjab Government letter dated June 16th, 1978 (Annexure P-1) to the non-gazetted employees who did not participate in the strike on February 8th, 1978. 2. Learned State counsel has urged that in Civil Writ Petition No.6319 of 1989 this Court by order dated October 29th, 2007 has already decided the issue with regard to the entitlement of one premature increment with effect from February 8nd, 1978, in terms of Punjab Government order dated June 16th, 1978 (Annexure P-1), in respect of the similarly placed employees as are the petitioners, that they were not entitled to the same. 3. To refute the same, no argument has been addressed by the learned counsel for the petitioners. 4. In this view of the matter, the petitioners are not entitled to the relief prayed for by them 5. Dismissed. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 15.09.2010 som