IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH 114 CWP-4445-2025 Date of Decision: 18.02.2025 KARTAR SINGH AND OTHERS ... Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ. **** Present: Mr. Garvit Mittal, Advocate for Mr. Ravinder Malik (Ravi), Advocate for the petitioner. **** VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (ORAL) Prayer in the present petition is for directing the respondents to regularize the services of the petitioners on their respective posts of Leader Bhajan Party/Members Bhajan Party manned by them, in light of policy decision dated 01.10.2003 (Annexure P-3) issued by the State of Haryana and in view/terms of the judgment passed by this court in LPA No.688 of 2021 titled as ‘State of Haryana and others Versus Balwinder Singh and others’ decided on 02.12.2022 as well as in light of the judgment dated 13.03.2024 passed by this Court in CWP No.2158-2020 titled as ‘Ashish Sharma and others Versus State of Haryana and others’ and further followed by this Court in CWP No.12418 of 2019 titled as ‘Satvir @ Satbir and others Versus State of Haryana and others’ decided on 03.05.2024, alongwith all consequential benefits. RAJENDER KUMAR 2025.02.18 23:58 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CWP-4445-2025 -2- At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that this Court has already disposed of a similar writ petition bearing No.4101 of 2025 titled as ‘Balbir Singh Versus State of Haryana and another’ wherein this Court has directed the respondent-State to treat the said petition as a representation and to decide the same in a time bound manner after affording an opportunity of hearing to the respective parties. He further submits that he would be satisfied at this juncture in case the similar direction is issued in the present petition also, since the issue involved herein is identical. Notice of motion. Ms. Tanisha Peshawaria, DAG, Haryana accepts notice on behalf of the respondents and has no objection to the prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioners. Accordingly, in view of the above; with the consent of the parties and without commenting anything on the merits of the case, the present petition is disposed of while directing the respondent-State to treat the present writ petition as a representation and to consider and decide the same by passing a reasoned and speaking order after affording an opportunity of hearing to the respective parties within a period of three months of the receipt of certified copy of this order. Petition stands disposed of accordingly. (VINOD S. BHARDWAJ) FEBRUARY 18, 2025. JUDGE Rajender Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes/No Whether reportable : Yes/No RAJENDER KUMAR 2025.02.18 23:58 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document