High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCWP/8322/2017disposed of

Lal Singh And ORS. v. State Of Punjab And ORS

2019-03-12Mr. Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi2 pages

CWP-8322-2017 -1-

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH CWP-8322-2017 Date of decision: - 12.03.2019 Lal Singh and others ....Petitioners

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State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI Present:- Mr. Sunny Singla, Advocate, for the petitioners.

Ms. Deepali Puri Sandhu, Additional Advocate General, Pb. **** HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI , J. (ORAL) In the present writ petition, the prayer of the petitioner is that he was entitled for higher pay-scale in view of the circular issued by the State of Punjab dated 17.08.2009 and 22.02.2010 and after granting the said revision of the pay-scale, though notionally, the petitioners are praying that their pension should be revised accordingly. Counsel for the petitioners relies upon the order passed by this Court considering the similar claim while deciding CWP No.273 of 2014, titled as 'Jagdish Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab and others,' decided on 16.02.2017 and other connected cases. Counsel for the petitioners further states that for the relief which has been sought in the present writ petition, the petitioners have NARESH KUMAR 2019.03.19 15:43 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh

CWP-8322-2017 -2served the respondents with a legal notice on 05.01.2017 (Annexure P-15), which is still pending consideration with the respondents and the petitioners will be satisfied, at this stage, in case a time bound direction is issued to the respondents to decide the said legal notice. Counsel for the respondents states that he has no objection with regard to the prayer made by counsel for the petitioners for deciding legal notice dated 05.01.2017 (Annexure P-15), submitted by the petitioners, in a time bound manner.

In view of the above, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case and the claim being made by the petitioners, the respondents are directed to decide the legal notice dated 05.01.2017 (Annexure P-15) by passing a speaking order within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. In case after the decision, it is found that the petitioners are entitled for any monetary benefit, the same shall also be released to them within a period of next three months.

Present writ petition stands disposed of.

( HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI ) March 12, 2019 JUDGE naresh.k Whether reasoned/speaking?

Yes Whether reportable?

No NARESH KUMAR 2019.03.19 15:43 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh