High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCWP/1316/2016disposed of

Johar Singh v. State Of Punjab And ORS

2016-01-22Mr. Justice A.B. Chaudhari2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH CWP No. 1316 of 2016 Date of decision: 22.01.2016 Johar Singh ....Petitioner(s)

Versus

State of Punjab and others

...Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE G.S.SANDHAWALIA

Present:

Mr. Neeraj Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner.

G.S.SANDHAWALIA, J. (Oral) The petitioner is aggrieved against the non-grant of the revised pay scale as per the notification dated 23.12.2011 (Annexure P-6). It is the case of the petitioner that he is working as a Junior Technician and his pay has been revised from time to time and he was initially appointed as Beldar on 15.10.1984 in the pay scale of `300-430. Vide the revision on 27.05.2009, the benefit was granted to the extent of scales being revised to `5910-20200 + grade pay of `1900. The said grade pay was further enhanced to `2400 as per Annexure P-6, which has not been given effect to.

It is submitted that the petitioner has already served a legal notice dated 15.11.2015 (Annexure P-7) to the respondents for the necessary relief and decision on the same is pending and he would be satisfied if a time bound direction is issued to the respondents to decide the same.

Notice of motion.

Mr. R.S. Sidhu, AAG, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Copy of the writ petition has been supplied to him in Court. SHIVANI GUPTA 2016.01.25 12:33 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh

-2Keeping in view the limited relief sought, this Court is of the opinion that there is no need for the respondents to file reply. Accordingly, without commenting on the merits of the case, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent no. 2 to decide the legal notice dated 15.11.2015 (Annexure P-7) within a period of 3 months from the date of receipt of certified copy of the order. In case the financial benefits are found to be due, the same be paid within a period of 2 months thereafter. Needless to say if the relief is to be denied, a reasoned order be passed and conveyed to the petitioner. 22.01.2016 (G.S. SANDHAWALIA) shivani JUDGE SHIVANI GUPTA 2016.01.25 12:33 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh