IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP. No. 6097 of 2009 Date of Decision: 23.4.2009. Buta Singh & others --Petitioners Versus State of Punjab & others --Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI. Present:- Mr. R.K. Arora, Advocate for the petitioners. *** PERMOD KOHLI.J (ORAL) Notice of motion. Mr. B.S. Chahal, DAG, Punjab has been asked to accept notice on behalf of respondents-State. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, this petition is disposed of at the motion stage itself. The petitioners are working as teachers in different schools in the Education Department of the State of Punjab. Their grievance is that they have not been paid additional increment on completion of 8/16/24/32 years of service as per the ACP Scheme of the State Govt. which has not been revised and the period has reckoned to 4/9/14 years. The prayer of the petitioners is for a direction to the respondents to decide the demand notice dated 28.2.2009 served by the petitioners for the aforesaid claim. In view of the prayer made, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to take decision on the demand notice served by the petitioners and consider the claim in the light of Annexures P-1 and P-2 within a period of three months from the date certified copy of this order is served upon the competent authority. If, the claim of the petitioners is found to be genuine, the benefit may be released, however, in the event the claim of the petitioners is to be rejected, the same shall be by a reasoned and speaking order. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 23.4.2009 lucky