CWP No.8130 of 2010 Joga Ram and others Vs. State of Haryana and another Present: Mr.KDS Hooda, Advocate for the petitioners. * * * Permod Kohli, J Notice of motion. Mr.R.S.Kundu, Addl. Advocate General, Haryana, who is present in the Court, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents-State. Petitioners No.1 to 4 are serving as Lab Attendants, whereas petitioners No.5 to 12 have retired from service as Lab Attendants. The grievance of the petitioners is that they are being discriminated in the matter of pay scale allegedly on the basis of qualification. The petitioners are non-metric lab attendants whereas others are matriculate lab attendants and their pay scales are different. Matriculate lab attendants are presently in the pay scale of Rs.5200-20200(PB) + grade pay 1900 whereas non-matriculate lab attendants are in the pay scale of Rs.5200-20200(PB) + grade pay 1800. It is further stated that the similar issue has been decided by this Court in case CWP No.3901 of 1988 on 29.7.2008 wherein it has been held as under:- “The writ petition, as such, deserves to be allowed. It is so ordered. Direction is issued that respondents shall allowed the pay scale of Rs.950-1500/- to the petitioners, as is being paid to the other lab attendants with matriculation as a qualification. The petitioners would also be entitled to the arrears of pay and allowances on the basis of new scale being allowed to them. Let this exercise be completed within a period of six months from the date of certified copy of this order is received by the respondents. The arrears be released to the petitioners within the above said period.” CWP No.8130 of 2010 [2] The petitioners also referred to the judgment of this Court dated 4.2.2010 passed in case CWP No.1848 of 2010. Petitioners have also served legal notices (Annexures P-4 and P- 5). Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners would be satisfied if respondent No.2 is directed to decide the legal notices served upon the respondent. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent No.2 to decide the legal notices submitted by the petitioners within a period of three months from the date of a certified copy of this order is received by the respondents. If the claim of the petitioners is rejected, the same shall be passed by a speaking order. ( PERMOD KOHLI] JUDGE 05.05.2010 sd