IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH. 225 CWP-19217-2021 (O&M) Date of Decision: 07.07.2025. ARUN KUMAR ... Petitioner(s) Versus UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS ... Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ. PRESENT: Mr. Pragbir Singh Dhindsa, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Saurav Verma, Advocate, with Ms. Preeti Grover, Advocate, for respondents No.2 and 3. None for respondent No.4. VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J (ORAL) Seeking setting aside of the reply dated 25.02.2019 sent in response to the legal notice served by the petitioner, the instant writ petition has been filed. Written statement on behalf of respondents No.2 and 3 has been filed in the Court today. A copy thereof has been supplied to the counsel for the petitioner. At the time of filing of the writ petition, the petitioner had given specific reference and details with respect to the similar cases i.e. CWP No.21594 of 2020 titled as ‘Harbans Lal Verma Vs. Union of India and others’ decided on 03.08.2023 as well as CWP No.31321 of 2019 titled as ‘Gurcharan Singh Sidhu Vs. Union of India and others’ decided on 23.03.2021, in the Index of the writ. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of both the parties are ad idem that the aforesaid writ petitions, whose reference had been given in the index of the present writ petition have already been decided and agree that the present writ petition may also be disposed of in terms of order dated 23.03.2021 passed in CWP No.31321 of 2019 titled as ‘Gurcharan Singh Sidhu Vs. Union of India and others.’ RAJ KUMAR ARORA 2025.07.09 10:20 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CWP-19217-2021 (O&M) -2- Hence, without proceeding any further into the matter and considering the consent given by the counsel for both the parties, the instant writ petition is disposed of in same terms as in order dated 23.03.2021 passed in CWP No.31321 of 2019 titled as ‘Gurcharan Singh Sidhu Vs. Union of India and others.’ July 07, 2025. (VINOD S. BHARDWAJ) raj arora JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes/No Whether reportable : Yes/No RAJ KUMAR ARORA 2025.07.09 10:20 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document