C.W.P. No.6499 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No.6499 of 2011 Date of Decision: 29.08.2011 Hoshiar Singh ....Petitioner Versus Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd. and others ...Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. I.P.Goyat Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Partap Singh, Advocate for the respondents. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to count the work charge service of the petitioner followed by regular service for the purpose of grant of retiral benefits with a further prayer for issuance of a direction to the respondents to revise the pension of the petitioner after granting him the benefit of the workcharge service and to release the arrears of pension and gratuity with 12% interest per annum from the date of retirement of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the said relief prayed for is squarely covered by the ratio of the judgment rendered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and C.W.P. No.6499 of 2011 2 others vs. Bachan Singh reported as 2010(1) RSJ 274, as well as, the judgment rendered by this Court in case Mohinder Singh vs. U.H.B.V.N. Ltd. & others decided on 11.11.2010 in CWP No.20056 of 2010. Learned counsel appearing for the respondents does not dispute that the said issue has already been settled by the Apex Court and is squarely covered by the judgment rendered in case titled as Mangal Singh & others vs. Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited and others (CWP No.19123 of 2010, decided on 27.04.2011) vide which, general directions were issued and it was held that in such like cases, the persons should not be forced to approach the Courts. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed in the same terms as CWP No.19123 of 2010 (supra). (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 29.08.2011 JUDGE gurpreet