IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 7158 of 2010 Date of Decision: 5.5.2010 Rajinder Kumar and another ....Petitioners. Versus Chief Engineer (Admn.) Haryana Power Generation Corporation Ltd. and others ...Respondents. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL. PRESENT: Mr. G.S. Hooda, Advocate for the petitioners. AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. In this petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners have prayed for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to appoint them on the post of Lower Division Clerks/Meter Readers on the basis of their qualification at par with the similarly situated appointed persons. It is not in dispute that the petitioners have approached this Court directly without first giving any notice of demand to the respondents which is pre-requisite before applying to the Court for issuance of a writ of mandamus in view of the judgment of the Apex Court in State of Haryana and another v. Chaman Lal and others, (1977) 1 SCC 340. Faced with this situation, the learned counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners may be allowed to withdraw the present writ petition with liberty to approach the respondents at the first instance by serving a notice of demand upon them for the relief claimed in this writ petition. In view of the above, the present writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with the liberty aforesaid. May 5, 2010 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) gbs JUDGE