In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh C.W.P. No. 15227 of 2003 Date of Decision: April 22, 2009 ASI Gurnam Singh …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR Present: Mr. Yogesh Putney, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Sudeepti Sharma, DAG, Punjab, for the respondents. 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? M.M. KUMAR, J. The prayer made by the petitioner in the instant petition is for quashing order dated 30.7.2003 (P-13), whereby the pay of the petitioner has been reduced with retrospective effect and recovery has been ordered to be effected from 1993. 2. Mr. Yogesh Putney, learned counsel for the petitioner has at the outset stated that the issue raised by the petitioner in the instant petition was also decided by a Division Bench of this Court in C.W.P. No. 15227 of 2003 the case of ASI Amrik Singh v. State of Punjab and others (CWP No. 15762 of 2003, decided on 5.12.2003, Annexure MA-1). According to the view taken by the Division Bench, the determination of the scale of pay was upheld, however, recovery sought to be effected from similar petitioners was quashed. The order passed by the Division Bench was challenged in S.L.P. Nos. 10273-10286 of 2004, which were also dismissed (Annexure MA-2). The aforesaid factual position could not be controverted by the learned State counsel. 3. In view of the above, the reduction of pay of the petitioner as per the impugned order is upheld and the respondents are restrained from effecting any recovery as was ordered in C.W.P. No. 15762 of 2003 (supra). 4. The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms. (M.M. KUMAR) April 22, 2009 JUDGE Pkapoor 2