C.O.C.P. No.2208 of 2010 #1# IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.O.C.P. No.2208 of 2010 in Civil Writ Petition No.3174 of 2010 Date of Decision:-09.02.2011 Bikrampal Singh. ......Petitioner. Versus Mandeep Singh Sandhu & Ors. ......Respondents. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH. Present:- Ms. Rajwinder Kaur, Advocate for Mr. Tejinder Joshi, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. S.S. Sahu, AAG Punjab. *** JASWANT SINGH, J.(ORAL) Present contempt petition has been filed under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 for punishment to the contemners for willful disobedience of the Order dated 23.02.2010(P-1) passed by this court in CWP No.3174 of 2010. The petitioner, vide orders dated 23.2.2010 passed by this court in CWP No.3174 of 2010 has been granted the benefit of reconsideration of his claim by the respondents for his placement in the revised higher pay C.O.C.P. No.2208 of 2010 #2# scale in terms of the Government notification dated 2.9.2009(P-4) and if found entitled to, he shall be granted consequential revised pay scales along with arrears thereon, within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of that order. Mr. S.S. Sahu, AAG Punjab has filed reply by way of affidavit dated 08.02.2011 of Mr. Reetinder Mohan Kohli, Principal Govt. College, Ropar(respondent no.3), which is taken on record. It is submitted that pursuant to the directions issued by this court vide order dated 23.02.2010 petitioner has been placed in the higher pay scale of ` 37400-67000+9000 w.e.f. 1.1.2006 and the payment in respect of death-cum-retirement gratuity of ` 3,41,210/- and leave encashment of ` 63131/- has been released on 16.12.2010 and 31.12.2010 respectively. It is further submitted therein that as far as the arrears of the petitioner for the period 1.1.2006 till the date of retirement are concerned, the same shall be released as per the Schedule fixed by the Punjab Finance Department notification dated 29.12.2010. In view of the aforesaid reply learned counsel for the petitioner submits the present petition has been rendered infructuous. Dismissed as infructuous. ( JASWANT SINGH ) JUDGE February 09, 2011 Vinay