CWP No.16937 of 2009.doc - 1 – HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.16937 of 2009 Date of Decision: 08.07.2010 **** Bias Dev and another . . . . Petitioners VS. UOI and others . . . . . Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 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? **** Present: Mr. PK Sharma, Advocate for the petitioners Ms. Anjali, Kukar, Advocate for UOI ***** SURYA KANT J. (ORAL) (1). This order shall dispose of CWPs No.16937 of 2009 & 6351of 2010 as the issues involved in these cases are common. For brevity, the facts are being extracted from CWP No.16937 of 2009. (2). The petitioners impugn the orders dated 28.04.2005, 10.05.2005 and 17.09.2009 (Annexure P6, P7 & P12, respectively), whereby, their pay-scales have been reduced from Rs.5500- 9000 to Rs.4000-6000 on the plea that earlier it was granted erroneously. The petitioners also CWP No.16937 of 2009.doc - 2 – seek quashing of the orders whereby recovery is sought to be effected from them. (3). During the course of hearing, learned counsel for the parties are ad idem that the constroversy involved herein stands settled in favour of the petitioners vide judgement dated 28.07.2008 of the Hon’ble High Court of Himachal Pradesh at Simla passed in CWP No.578 of 2006 (Ram Singh vs. Union of India and others) which has been further upheld by the Division Bench of that High Court in LPA No.133 of 2008 as well as the decision of this Court in CWP No.1054 of 2008 titled as Prem Raj Ex.HC (Medic) s/o Sh. Desh Raj and others v. Union of India and others allowed on 21.04.2010. (4). Allowed in same terms. (5). Ordered accordingly. (6). Dasti . (SURYA KANT) JUDGE 08.07.2010 vishal shonkar