C.W.P. No.16636 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No.16636 of 2011 Date of Decision: 07.09.2011 Dr. Sangeeta Arora ....Petitioner Versus Pt. B.D. Sharma, PGIMS and others ...Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Ashish Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to release the arrears of pay of the petitioner on account of revision of the pay scales w.e.f. 01.01.2006 vide Notification no.1/83/2008-IFR (FD) dated 07.01.2009 issued by the Government of Haryana based on the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission for the period for which the petitioner has worked as Demonstrator with respondent No.1 in the Pathology Department i.e from 01.01.2006 to 21.08.2009. Contends that on the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission, the pay of the Demonstrators/Senior Residents of PGIMS, Rohtak was revised w.e.f. 01.01.2006 vide notification dated 07.01.2009. The petitioner, accordingly, became entitled to the benefit of the revised C.W.P. No.16636 of 2011 2 pay scale and the arrears of the increased pay for the period 01.01.2006 to 21.08.2009 i.e. for the period she has worked as Demonstrator with PGIMS Rohtak. It is further stated that similarly situated doctors who have filed CWP No.2392 of 2010 titled as Dr. Parveen Kumari vs. State of Haryana and others, decided on 16.12.2010, have since been granted the said pay scale but the petitioner has not received the arrears of a revised salary so far. She, accordingly, made a representation Annexures P-3 dated 19.08.2010 and another representation Annexure P-4 dated 13.09.2010. The same are still pending. No decision has been taken on the same. In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to decide the said representation as expeditiously as possible preferably within one month from the receipt of a copy of this order by passing a speaking order. However, in case, the petitioner is found entitled for the said arrears, the same shall be released forthwith. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 07.09.2011 JUDGE gurpreet