IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 105 CWP-26165-2024 (O&M) Date of decision: 20.08.2025 Shiv Ram and others ...Petitioner VERSUS Union of India and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Ms. Muskan, Advocate for Mr. Narender Pal Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioner(s). Ms. Shalini Atri, Sr. Panel Counsel, for the respondent(s)-UOI. ***** VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) CM-11354-CWP-2025 The instant application has been filed for withdrawal of the writ petition with liberty to pursue the matter before the appropriate Court of law. Learned counsel for the applicants-petitioners thus prays to take the present case on Board for hearing today itself and dispose of the same. For the reasons mentioned in the application, the same is allowed. The writ petition is taken on Board for hearing today itself. Main case: The instant writ petition has been filed for directing the respondents to regularise the services of the petitioners and grant financial as well as other ancillary benefits at par with other regular employees of the respondent-School, keeping in view their length of continuous service and permanent nature of work. MANGAL SINGH 2025.08.20 17:43 I am the author of this document 2 105 CWP-26165-2024 (O&M) Counsel for the parties do not dispute that the Hon’ble Supreme Court vide judgment dated 21.05.2025 passed in Civil Appeal No.10899 of 2013 titled as ‘Dileep Kumar Pandey Vs. Union of India and others’ has held that the writ petition against the schools run by the Defence Forces would not be maintainable as they are not a State within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India. In view of the above undisputed factual and legal position, the present writ petition is disposed of as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioners to take recourse to appropriate alternative remedies in accordance with law. (VINOD S. BHARDWAJ) 20.08.2025 JUDGE Mangal Singh Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes/No Whether reportable : Yes/No MANGAL SINGH 2025.08.20 17:43 I am the author of this document