CWP No. 876 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No. 876 of 2008 Date of decision: November 11, 2008 Sukhjit Kaur and others --- Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ---- Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashutosh Mohunta Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. Suresh Goel, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Sr. DAG, Punjab, for respondents No.1 to 4. Ms. Arti Vashishth, Advocate,for respondents No. 5 & 6. Mr. HN Mehtani, Advocate, for respondents No. 7 to 9. Ashutosh Mohunta, J (Oral). Counsel for the petitioner states that this case is squarely covered by the decision of this Court in CWP No. 801 of 2003 titled 'Mukhtiar Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab and others' ( Annexure P-4) and as such it be disposed of in the same terms. Counsel for respondents No. 5 & 6 states that although the present case is covered by the aforementioned judgment, yet the Punjab National Bank after recovering the amount from the petitioner has already remitted the entire amount to the Government Treasury and hence the refund in the present case, if any, should be ordered to be made by the State Government and not by CWP No. 876 of 2008 2 respondents No. 5 & 6. After hearing counsel for the parties, the writ petition is disposed of in terms of the aforesaid judgment of this Court (Annexure P4). However, in case the amount recovered from the petitioner has been remitted to the Government treasury, then the State of Punjab shall be liable to refund the said amount. [Ashutosh Mohunta] Judge [Rajan Gupta] Judge November 11, 2008 `ask'