High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCWP/12283/2019disposed of

Madhu Chaudhary v. State Of Haryana And ORS

2019-05-10Mr. Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi2 pages

CWP-12283-2019 -1-

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH CWP-12283-2019 Date of decision: - 10.05.2019 Madhu Chaudhary ....Petitioner

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State of Haryana and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI Present:- Mr. Sandeep Panwar, Advocate, for the petitioner. **** HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI , J. (ORAL) In the present writ petition, the grievance of the petitioner is that she is getting lower pay as compared to her junior Sh. Suraj Bhan, who was granted higher pay by an order dated 29.12.2017 (Annexure P-4).

Learned counsel for the petitioner states that even the Government had written a letter dated 03.08.2018 (Annexure P-6) to the Engineer-in-Chief for fixing the pay of the employees, who were senior to Suraj Bhan, equivalent to the pay given to him. In compliance of the said direction, Engineer-in-Chief passed an order dated 15.01.2019 (Annexure P-7) granting the petitioner herein higher pay i.e. equivalent to Suraj Bhan.

Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the said order is not being implemented by the respondents on the ground that the Finance Department has not approved the said grant of higher pay so far. NARESH KUMAR 2019.05.13 12:30 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh

CWP-12283-2019 -2Learned counsel for the petitioner further states that the petitioner has served upon the respondents a legal notice dated 01.04.2019 (Annexure P-9) for implementation of the order dated 15.01.2019 (Annexure P-7) and the petitioner will be satisfied, at this stage, in case a time bound direction is issued to the respondents to decide the said legal notice by passing a speaking order. Without going into the merits of the case or expressing any opinion to the entitlement of the petitioner in respect of the relief claimed in the present writ petition or in the legal notice, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to pass an appropriate speaking order on the claim raised by the petitioner in the legal notice dated 01.04.2019 (Annexure P-9) within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. The writ petition stands disposed of.

( HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI ) May 10, 2019 JUDGE naresh.k Whether reasoned/speaking?

Yes Whether reportable?

No NARESH KUMAR 2019.05.13 12:30 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh