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High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCWP/25629/2024disposed of

Darshan Singh v. State Of Punjab And ORS.

2024-10-03Mr. Justice Namit Kumar2 pages

CWP No.25629 of 2024 (O&M)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH CWP No.25629 of 2024 (O&M) Date of decision: 03.10.2024 Darshan Singh ....Petitioner

Versus

State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR

Present:

Mr. Nitesh Singla, Advocate for the petitioner.

NAMIT KUMAR J. (Oral) 1.

Prayer in this writ petition filed by the petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus, directing the respondent - Corporation to step up the pay of the petitioner at par with his junior employee - respondent No.4, who belongs to Scheduled Caste category and further to grant all arrears of pay and consequential benefits along with interest @ 12% per annum. Further prayer has been made to direct the respondent - Corporation to decide the legal notice dated 07.05.2024 (Annexure P-8) submitted by the petitioner.

2.

Learned counsel for the petitioner, at the very outset, confines his prayer for deciding legal notice dated 07.05.2024 (Annexure P-8). He submits that at this stage, petitioner would be satisfied, if the said legal notice is decided by passing a speaking order within a time bound frame.

MOHD YAKUB 2024.10.04 15:55 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh

CWP No.25629 of 2024 (O&M) 3.

Notice of motion.

4.

Mr. Surya Kumar, AAG, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of respondent No.1 and Mr. Viren Sibal, Advocate, who has appeared through video conferencing, has accepted notice on behalf of respondent No.2 and have no objection to the innocuous prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner.

5.

I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the record of the case.

6.

Without going into the merits of the case at this stage, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to decide legal notice dated 07.05.2024 (Annexure P-8), submitted by the petitioner expeditiously, by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of 03 months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order.

(NAMIT KUMAR) JUDGE 03.10.2024 yakub Whether speaking/reasoned:

Yes/No Whether reportable:

Yes/No MOHD YAKUB 2024.10.04 15:55 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh