IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.19724 of 2009 Date of Decision : May 07, 2010. Bal Mukand .....Petitioner versus Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Mani Ram Verma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Narender Hooda, Advocate, for the respondents. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) In view of the decision dated 30.7.2009 rendered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No.4903 of 2009 (Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and others versus Bachan Singh) and for the reasons already assigned by this Court in an order dated 25.2.2010 rendered in a bunch of writ petition including CWP No.17805 of 2009 (Bhunda Ram versus UHBVNL and others), the relevant portion whereof reads as follows, the present writ petition deserves to be allowed. “...For the reasons afore-stated, the writ petition is allowed and the respondents are directed to allow the petitioner to exercise his option in terms of the Circular C.W.P.No .19724 of 2009 2 dated 6.8.1993 (Annexure P-1) and/or subsequent Circulars dated 9.8.1994 (Annexure P-2) within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order and thereafter, the respondent-Corporation shall inform the petitioner the amount of employer's contribution towards EPF to be deposited by him alongwith interest within a period of one month as stipulated under the Instructions and upon receipt thereof, the petitioner shall deposit the same within a period of two months thereafter. After the receipt of amount to be deposited by the petitioner, the respondents are directed to count the work-charged service rendered by the petitioner w.e.f. 7.11.1968 to 16.1.1976 towards his pensionary benefits which shall, accordingly, be revised/released at the earlier...” Ordered accordingly. The writ petition is allowed in terms of the directions issued in Bhunda Ram's case (supra) and consequently the impugned reply dated 26.6.2009 (Annexure P-5) is quashed. Dasti. May 07, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE