The companytroversy revolves around the Notification dated 19.10.2002 regarding P.S., Mohali with Statewide jurisdiction.
Another Notification was issued on 5.9.2000 in companysultation with the High Court.
By this Notification, Sessions Judges in the State of Punjab were appointed as Special Judges within their respective districts.
Shri Sukhbir Singh Badal was a member of the Parliament.
The Notification dated 31.10.1994 creating P.S., Chandigarh with Statewide jurisdiction which was shifted to P.S., Mohali by order dated 20.4.1995 was already in existence when Sessions Judges were made Special Judges.
According to learned companynsel for the respondent State it represents a companytinuity and there was numbernew creation.
They were already appointed and designated as stated in the Notification itself.
It was clarified that though the said expression has been used, it did number actually mean appointment of a Sessions Judge and First Additional Sessions Judge, Ropar as Special Judges.
As rightly companytended by learned companynsel for the respondent State, the fresh numberification was issued creating some more police stations qua other districts.
So far as the Notification dated 17.11.2003 is companycerned, undisputedly, the expression used is appoint.
Shri Tota Singh, Shri Gurdev Singh Badal, Dr. Ratan Singh Ajnala and Shri Sewa Singh Sekhwan were Ministers during the companycerned period and were at the time of taking companynizance members of Legislative Assembly.
