(1.) THIS order will dispose of Criminal Misc. No. 1541-M of 1990 as well as Criminal Misc. Nos. 7086-M and 7841-M of 1987, 2785-M, 2786-M, 2787-M, 2788M, 4065-M. 4877-M, 6252-M, 6664-M, 7931-M, 8355-M and 8943-M of 1988, Criminal Revision No. 601 of 1989, Crl. Misc. No. 732-M, 109O-M, 1801-M, 2012-M, 2831-M, 3339-M, 5260-M, 5291-M, 7717-M, 8254-M and 10844-M of 1989 and 807-M, 1010-M, 1842-M, 1929-M, 1995-M, 2158-M, 2631-M, 2756-M, 3214-M, 3217-M, 3371-M, 3528-M, 3588-M, 3537-M, 3659-M, 3904-M, 4075-M, 4119-M and 4875-M of 1990 as common questions of law are involved in all these cases. The facts of these cases need not be mentioned as only law points are involved which are enumerated as under :
(2.) THE learned counsel for the petitioners has relied on unreported decision of this court in Civil Writ Petition No. 3380 of 1985 Pawan Kumar v. The Chandigarh Administration and another, in support of their contention.
(3.) IN all the cases, notifications, similar to the one quoted below had been issued and published in the Chandigarh Administration Gazette :-