IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 12833 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION : 24.08.2009 Mandip Singh Bedi and others .... PETITIONERS Versus State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. Jatin Salwan, Advocate, for the petitioners. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioners, who are working as non-teaching employees in aided Colleges, have filed the instant petition for issuing direction to the respondents to release the 2nd instalment of 50% merger of DA in the basic pay in pursuance of the letters dated 19.5.2006 (Annexure P-6) and 19.9.2008 (Annexure P-9). It is the case of the petitioners that the similarly situated employees, who are working in the Government Colleges, have been released the said benefit, but the same benefit has not been released to the petitioners. Counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners may be permitted to withdraw this petition with liberty to make representation to CWP No. 12833 of 2009 -2- respondent No.2, and a direction be issued to respondent No.2 to consider and decide the same in accordance with law. Dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty to the petitioners to make a representation with regard to the aforesaid relief, to respondent No.2, within a period of 15 days and if any such representation is made by the petitioners within the stipulated time, respondent No.2 is directed to consider and decide the same in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months. August 24, 2009 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE