IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 21808 of 2008 Date of Decision: January 12, 2009 Partap Singh and others ...... Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others ...... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Tewari Present: Mr.Shireesh Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Harish Rathee, Sr.DAG,Haryana. **** 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? Ajay Tewari, J. Reply filed on behalf of respondents No. 2 to 4 is taken on record. This petition has been filed challenging the advertisement dated7.6.2008 whereby, inter alia, eight posts of Executive Officers in various Municipal bodies of Haryana have been advertised. Counsel for the petitioner informs me that earlier also the petitioners were being sought to be divested of their current duty charge of Executive Officers on four of the said advertised posts. At that time the petitioners had filed CWP No. 15231of 2006 for claiming a mandamus against the respondents for filling up the posts by promotion as per the rules and this Court had passed an interim order restraining the respondents from divesting the petitioners of their current duty charge. CWP No. 21808 of 2008 -2- The petitioners would not be entitled to maintain a separate writ petition since the cause of action in both the petitions is their claim to the posts of Executive Officers. Consequently this writ petition is dismissed. However, liberty is granted to the petitioners to move an application for amendment of the above writ petition bearing No.15231 of 2006 on the same cause of action claiming the same relief as is being claimed in this writ petition which shall be decided on its own merits. (AJAY TEWARI) JUDGE January 12 , 2009 sunita