ORDER :

1. We have heard Mr. Ajay Bansal, learned Advocate in support of the contempt petitions and Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, learned Advocate for the State.

2. The instant Contempt Petitions arise out of the Order dated 10.01.2018 passed by this Court disposing of Special Leave Petition preferred by the Principal Secretary, Government of Punjab, PWD Public Health and Others, in terms of the judgment rendered by this Court in State of Punjab and Others vs. Jagjit Singh and Others, (2017) 1 SCC 148.

3. Paragraph 55 of the decision in Jagjit Singh (supra) was to the following effect:

“55. In view of all our above conclusions, the decision rendered by the Full Bench of the High Court in Avtar Singh vs. State of Punjab, 2011 SCC Online P&H 15326 : ILR (2013) 1 P&H 566, dated 11.11.2011, is liable to be set aside, and the same is hereby set aside. The decision rendered by the Division Bench of the High Court in State of Punjab vs. Rajinder Singh, 2009 SCC Online P&H 125, is also liable to be set aside, and the same is also hereby set aside. We affirm the decision rendered in State of Punjab vs. Rajinder Kumar, 2010 SCC Online P&H 13009, with the modification that the employees concerned would b