CWP No. 2031 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 2031 of 2010 Date of decision: 5.2.2010 Pale Ram and others .........Petitioners vs State of Haryana and others .......Respondents CORAM: - HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI Present: - Mr. S.K.Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. R.S. Kundu, Addl. AG, Haryana for the respondents .......... PERMOD KOHLI, J (ORAL) .......... Notice of motion. Mr. Kundu, Addl. AG, Haryana accepts notice on behalf of respondents. The prayer of the petitioners is that they were appointed as Peon on regular basis and on daily wages basis on various dates i.e. 1989 and onwards. Details of their appointment/posting are mentioned in Annexure P-I but they are being asked to perform the duties of Chowkidar. Learned counsel for the petitioners has referred to Annexure P-2 which is an appointment letter of Pale Ram s/o Jai Kishan-petitioner No. 1. He has been appointed as Peon in the grade of 2550-3200 at the Industrial Training Institute (W) Jind. It is stated that number of persons who were appointed as Peons are not being CWP No. 2031 of 2010 -2- deputed as Chowkidars whereas the petitioners have been asked to perform the duties of Chowkidars. The petitioners have also placed on record a letter dated 1.5.2008 (Annexure P-3) from the Financial Commissinoer & Principal Secretary to Govt. Haryana Industrial Training & Vocational Education Department. Vide the aforesaid letter, the norms to be adopted for Ministerial Post (Field) were re- designated to the posts of Peon-cum-Chowkidar. In view of the above statements and as per Annexure P-7 in which it is already admitted that the petitioners are performing the duties from 4.P.M. To 12.P.M. i.e. 8 hours duty which is performed by every Government servant. It is not that the petitioners are asked to perform both the duties i.e. Peon and Chowkidar. He has been asked to work only on the post of Chowkidar. No merit. Writ Petition dismissed. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE February 5, 2010 preeti