IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.364 of 2011 Date of Decision : January 10, 2011. Bal Kishan .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Mandeep K.Sajjan, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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 petitioner was appointed as a Pump Operator in the Department of Public Health, Punjab on regular basis w.e.f. 1.8.1974. His services were thereafter transferred to the Punjab Sewerage and Water Supply Board, Sangrur and he finally retired from the services of the Municipal Council, Sangrur on 31.7.2008 (Annexure P-1) on attaining the age of superannuation. The petitioner now seeks a mandamus for grant of the higher revised pay scale as admissible to the holders of technical posts for the reason that post of Pump Operator has also been declared as technical post by this Court vide order dated 15.2.2010 passed in L.P.A.No.44 of 2009 (State of Punjab and othes versus Rajinder Pal Gautam and others) C.W.P.No .364 of 2011 2 (Annexure P-2). It is also averred that the petitioner has already made several representations including dated 3.9.2010 and 10.11.2010 (Annexures P-3 & P-4, respectively) for the grant of the above-stated higher revised pay scales but no action is being taken so far on his representations. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent Nos.3 & 4 to consider the above-mentioned claim of the petitioner for grant of the higher pay scales in terms of the Division Bench judgment in Rajinder Pal Gautam's case (supra) and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. January 10, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE