IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 12607 of 2011 Date of decision : 20.07.2011 Iqbal Singh and another ......Petitioners versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present: Mr. S.S. Brar, Advocate for the petitioners **** RITU BAHRI, J. (Oral) The petitioners are seeking direction to the respondents to grant the grade of Rs.4125-5600 w.e.f 01.01.1986 as has been given to the similarly situated persons Learned counsel for the petitioners contend that the petitioners are seeking revised pay scale w.e.f 01.01.1986 instead of 01.01.1991. Learned counsel for the petitioners has further argued that some of Joint Directors of Agriculture had challenged their disparity in the three wings of Agriculture Department i.e Administrative, Statistical and Engineering, vide Annexure P-1 which was allowed. Learned counsel for the petitioner has further referred to Annexure P-7 by which some other employees of Agriculture Department claiming revised pay scale w.e.f 01.01.1986 instead of 01.01.1991 approached this Court by way of filing writ petitions which were allowed on 28.04.2011, granting them the revised pay scale w.e.f 01.01.1986 instead of 01.01.1991 (Annexure P-7) CWP No. 12607 of 2011 -2- Issue Notice of motion. On asking of Court, Mr. Gazi Mohd. Umair, D.A.G. Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the State. In view of the order passed by this Court (Annexure P-7), the present writ petition is disposed of by giving a direction to the respondents to consider the case of the petitioners and fix to the pay of the petitioner w.e.f 01.01.1986 with all consequential benefits. The arrears payable to the petitioners will be calculated and released within a period of three months. July 20, 2011 (RITU BAHRI) G.Arora JUDGE