JUDGMENT :

Petitioners, employees of respondent No. 1 Jogindra Central Cooperative Bank Ltd., have approached the Court against order dated 13.4.2015, whereby respondent-Bank has withdrawn all pending recommendations of Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) held on 10.5.2002, submitted by respondent No. 1-Bank to respondent No. 2-Registrar Co-operative Societies, for his approval.

2. Originally present petition was filed by petitioners as Original Application No. 3655 of 2015 before Erstwhile H.P. State Administrative Tribunal, which on abolition of Erstwhile Tribunal was transferred to this Court and has been considered as petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, assigning it new number i.e. CWPOA No. 5828 of 2019.

3. First and foremost objection raised by respondents in present case is that in view of findings returned by a Division Bench of this Court in LPA Nos. 182 and 183 of 2007, arising out of judgments passed by Single Bench dated 26.9.2007 in CWP Nos. 641 of 2002, titled as Mehar Chand and another Vs. Jogindera Central Cooperative Bank and others and CWP No. 1398 of 2002, titled as Jagat Ram and another Vs. Jogindera Central Cooperative Bank Ltd and others,