New Delhi: Hitting out at the Punjab government’s resolution that sought the “immediate transfer of Chandigarh” to the state, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said the city will remain the joint capital of both states.While describing the Punjab government’s resolution as “one-sided” and “meaningless”, he said, “The Punjab government’s one-sided resolution has no meaning. This is not the first time this has come up. These resolutions have been brought earlier as well. There is no point in recommending such a resolution…since this is not only a subject of Punjab but also of Haryana; even the people of Himachal Pradesh claim their share.”On Himachal Pradesh’s claim to Chandigarh, he said, “It is a different matter that Himachal Pradesh has declared Shimla as its capital. So all three states have a stake in it (Chandigarh).”In fact, he recalled that the Supreme Court had once ruled that Himachal Pradesh has the right to 7.19% of Chandigarh’s land under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966. Haryana and Himachal Pradesh were carved out of Punjab more than five decades ago.Also read: Punjab Assembly Passes Resolution Seeking Transfer of Chandigarh to StateThe Punjab Assembly passed the resolution earlier on Friday, days after Union home minister Amit Shah said that central service rules would apply to employees of the union territory, a move described as an “encroachment on the state’s rights” by several parties in Punjab.However, BJP leader Khattar hailed the Union government’s move to make central service rules applicable to employees of the union territory and accused the Punjab government of “misleading people” over the issue. He also claimed that such a move would benefit the employees “greatly”.“Earlier, the employees of Chandigarh had to depend on the Punjab government for every single central government order,” he added.“Previously, orders regarding allowances or other benefits issued by the Union government were implemented in Chandigarh only after Punjab issued a notification but now all these orders will be directly applicable to the UT employees,” the Haryana chief minister said.He said that the Punjab government had not yet given the benefits of the Seventh Pay Commission to its employees whereas Haryana had implemented the recommendations in 2016.“Employees of Chandigarh were also deprived of these benefits till now but now after the implementation of the new rules, they will get all these benefits,” he said.(With PTI inputs)