CWP No. 5270 of 1987 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 5270 of 1987 Date of Decision: 18.7.2008 Ravinder Kumar and others .......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents Coram: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA Present: None for the petitioners. Shri A.S. Jattana, Additional AG, Punjab. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers 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? HEMANT GUPTA, J. The petitioners have joined the services of the respondent-Market Committee in the year 1983 on the posts of auction recorders, clerks, coupon clerks and care-takers in the pay scale of 400-600/-. It is the case of the petitioners that the auction recorders appointed prior to 3.7.1980, have been granted the pay scale of Rs.450-800/-, whereas the petitioners, who have been appointed after 3.7.1980 have been granted lower pay scale and, therefore, such action of the respondents circulated vide Annexures P.1 and P.2, is arbitrary, discriminatory and not sustainable in law. It has been pointed out in reply that the clerks, village supervisors, moharrir, care-takers, guest house attendants and the employees of other categories, were CWP No. 5270 of 1987 (2) placed in the pay scale of Rs.110-250/-. However, vide order No. 331 dated 3.5.1980, the employees of these categories were placed in the new pay scale of Rs.400-600/- but the auction recorders were put in separate category i.e. in the pay scale of Rs.450-800/-. Since, there was anomaly, the Board decided to remove the anomaly and by way of concession decided to grant a pay scale of Rs.450-800/- to the clerks, village supervisors, moharrir, care-takers, guest house attendants and employees of other categories, whose pay scale was Rs.110-250/- equal to the pay scale of auction recorders. Such decision was made applicable to the employees of such categories, who were in service as on 1.1.1978 or joined thereafter but before 3.7.1980. All employees, who joined service after 3.7.1980, were to be given the pay scale of Rs.400-600/-. The petitioners are the persons, who joined after 3.7.1980 and were rightly placed in the pay scale of Rs.400-600/-. A perusal of the pleadings would show that two different pay scales were devised in respect of the categories mentioned above i.e. first for those who were in service prior to 3.7.1980 and another thereafter. It was anomaly in respect of employees appointed prior to 3.7.1980, which was removed by giving them higher pay scale equivalent to that of auction recorders. But after such anomaly was removed, the pay scale of Rs.400-600/- was fixed in respect of the post against which the persons were appointed. The petitioners have joined in the year 1983 in the pay scale of Rs.400-600/- i.e. the pay scale applicable to the posts against which the petitioners were appointed. In view of the said fact, I do not find that the CWP No. 5270 of 1987 (3) action of the respondents in granting different pay scales prior to a particular date, is arbitrary or discriminatory, which may warrant interference by this Court in exercise of its writ jurisdiction. Consequently, the present writ petition is dismissed. 18-07-2008 (HEMANT GUPTA) ds JUDGE