IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.15235 of 2010 Date of Decision : September 12, 2011. Sundra Kumari and others .....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.S.K.sharma, Advocate, for the petitioners. Ms.Sudeepti Sharma, DAG, 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioners are working as Sewing Teachers in the respondents-department, though one of them has meanwhile retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation. There has been a controversy as to whether the Sewing Teachers were entitled to the pre-revised pay scales of Rs.480-880 w.e.f. 1.1.1978 and the higher pay scales of Rs.570-1080 as was admissible to the C&V/Hindi/Punjabi Teachers. The said controversy has been sat at rest by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in State of Punjab and others versus Sawinderjit Kaur Civil Appeal No.1328 of 1999 decided on March 18, 2004. Their Lordship have ruled that the Sewing Teachers/Tailoring Mistresses were CWP No.15235 of 2010 [2] entitled to the pay scale of Rs.480-880 and not the higher pay scales as admissible to the C&V/Hindi/Punjabi Teachers. In the instant case, the petitioners were granted the higher pay scales of Rs.570-1080 which has since been withdrawn vide the impugned orders though without effecting any recovery from them. Otherwise also, the controversy regarding recovery in such like cases stands settled by a Full Bench decision of this Court in Budh Ram and others versus State of Haryana and others, 2009 (3) S.C.T.333 and following the principles laid down therein, there can be no escape but to hold that no recovery can be effected from the petitioners. The question as to whether the petitioners were entitled to the pre-revised higher pay scales of Rs.570-1080 or they have rightly been restricted to the pay scale of Rs.480-880 is left open to be examined by the Officers' Committee constituted by this Court vide order dated 2.3.2010 passed in CWP No.16323 of 2008 (Smt.Sudarshana Devi and another versus State of Punjab and others) to look into such like claims which essentially require verification of an individual's facts. The said Committee shall take an appropriate decision keeping in view the aforementioned decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sawinderjit Kaur's case (supra) as also the other decisions being relied upon by the petitioners including the policy circular dated 27.1.1971 (Annexure P-1), within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. September 12, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE