IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (268) CWP-16436-2005 Date of Decision : February 13, 2025 Versus Rajinder Singh Chandok and others .. Respondents (2) CWP-19755-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner Versus Siri Ram and others .. Respondents (3) CWP-19756-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner Versus Roop Singh and others .. Respondents (4) CWP-19757-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner (5) CWP-19758-2005 (6) CWP-19759-2005 Jasmer Singh and others .. Respondents (7) CWP-19760-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner Versus Jaspal Singh and others .. Respondents (8) CWP-19761-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner Versus Gurmail Singh and others .. Respondents (9) CWP-19762-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner Versus Bimal Kumar and others .. Respondents (10) CWP-19763-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner (11) CWP-19764-2005 (12) CWP-19765-2005 Ram Parkash and others .. Respondents (13) CWP-19766-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner Versus Devinder Singh and others .. Respondents (14) CWP-19767-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner Versus Keshav Chander and others .. Respondents (15) CWP-19768-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner Versus Ravinder Kumar and others .. Respondents (16) CWP-19769-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner (17) CWP-19770-2005 (18) CWP-19771-2005 Sohan Lal and others .. Respondents (19) CWP-19772-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner Versus Tejinder Singh and others .. Respondents (20) CWP-19773-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner Versus Paramjeet Singh and others .. Respondents (21) CWP-19774-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner Versus Harchand Singh and others .. Respondents (22) CWP-19775-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner (23) CWP-19776-2005 (24) CWP-19777-2005 Baljit Singh and others .. Respondents (25) CWP-19778-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner Versus Jarnail Singh and others .. Respondents (26) CWP-19779-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner Versus Brij Mohan Yadav and others .. Respondents (27) CWP-19780-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner Versus Jatinder Kumar and others .. Respondents (28) CWP-19781-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner (29) CWP-19782-2005 (30) CWP-19783-2005 Karnail Singh and others .. Respondents (31) CWP-19784-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner Versus Badar Din and others .. Respondents (32) CWP-19785-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner Versus Darshan Singh and others .. Respondents (33) CWP-19786-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner Versus Charanjit Singh and others .. Respondents (34) CWP-19787-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner (35) CWP-19788-2005 (36) CWP-19789-2005 Baljit Singh and others .. Respondents (37) CWP-19790-2005 Municipal Corporation, Patiala .. Petitioner Versus Harbans Singh and others .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI Present: Mr. K.S. Kang, Advocate, with Mr. Arkash Mani Garg, Advocate, for the petitioner(s)

in all petitions.

Ms. Akshita Chauhan, DAG, Punjab.

Mr. Mukesh Arora, Advocate, for respondent No.1 in all petitions.

HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI J. (ORAL)

1. By this common order, 37 writ petitions, the details of which have been given in the heading, are being disposed of as all these petitions involve the same question of law on similar facts.

2. In the present bunch of writ petitions, the challenge is to the Award passed by the Labour Court dated 19.04.2005 (Annexure P-9) by which, the direction has been given to the petitioner-Management to pay the employees who were working on Octroi, the salary for working on the holidays for a period of three years prior to passing of the Award by the Labour Court.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner(s) argues that the benefit of salary for working on a holiday is only admissible i