C.M. No. 8518 of 2009 and C.W.P. No. 2158 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.M. No. 8518 of 2009 and C.W.P. No. 2158 of 2008 Date of Decision : April 18, 2011 Harbans Singh and others .... PETITIONERS Vs. Punjab State Electricity Board ..... RESPONDENT CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH * * * Present : Mr. Surmukh Singh, Advocate, for the petitioners. Ms. Ravinder Kaur, Advocate, for the respondent. * * * AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL) C.M. No. 8518 of 2009 Prayer in this application preferred by the petitioner is for the disposal of the writ petition on an early date as the case is covered by a judgment passed by the Division Bench of this Court in CWP No. 15554 of 2007 decided on 21.07.2008 and also the order dated 14.01.2009 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in CWP No. 14722 of 2008. Notice of this application was issued to the respondent. Counsel representing the respondent does not have any objection to the disposal of the writ petition. Accordingly, the application is allowed and with the consent of the counsel for the parties, the main case is taken up for final disposal. C.M. No. 8518 of 2009 and C.W.P. No. 2158 of 2008 2 C.W.P. No. 2158 of 2008 Counsel for the petitioner submits that the claim as made by the petitioner in this writ petition with regard to the commutation of pension on higher rate is covered by the Division Bench judgment of this Court in CWP No. 15554 of 2007 titled as Gian Chand and others vs. State of Punjab and others decided on 21.07.2008. To which counsel for the respondent submits that the said decision of this Court has been challenged by the State of Punjab before the Hon'ble Supreme Court by preferring SLP No. 25856 of 2008, in which notice has been issued and an interim order dated 07.11.2008 has been passed staying the contempt proceedings. To counter this contention of the counsel for the respondent, counsel for the petitioner refers to the order dated 14.01.2009 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in CWP No. 14722 of 2008 titled as Bhajan Singh and others vs. State of Punjab and others wherein this very contention raised by the counsel for the respondent was duly considered and after considering the same, the writ petition was allowed. I have heard counsel for the parties and have gone through the records of the case and the judgments referred to above. I am of the considered view that the case is covered by the Division Bench judgment passed by this Court in Gian Chand's case (supra). The present petition is disposed of in the light of the order passed in CWP No. 14722 of 2008 titled as Bhajan Singh and others vs. State of Punjab and others decided on 14.01.2009 in the same terms. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) April 18, 2011 JUDGE pj