IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.8186 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 06, 2010. Jaswinder Singh and others .....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Subhash Ahuja, Advocate, for the petitioners. -.- 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 petitioners are serving/retired Agricultural/Punjabi/ P.T.I./Drawing/Art & Craft teachers in the Education Department, Government of Punjab. They seek higher pay scale of Rs.1640-2925 w.e.f. 1.1.1986 in terms of the decision of this Court dated 7.5.2009 in Civil Writ Petition No.16380 of 1989 (Balbir Singh and others versus State of Punjab and others). In this regard, the petitioners are said to have served the respondents with legal notices dated 14.12.2009 and 28.12.2009 (Annexure P-7) but the benefit of higher pay scale has not been extended to them so far. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioners and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it C.W.P.No .8186 of 2010 2 appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to the respondents to consider the above-stated claim of the petitioners and dispose of their legal notices in the light of the decision of this Court in Balbir Singh's case (supra) by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. It is further directed that in case the claim put-forth by the petitioners is found to be covered by the aforesaid decision, the respondents shall grant the said benefit towards notional pay fixation of the petitioners and no arrears shall be paid to them for the period upto the dates of issuance of the above mentioned legal notices by them. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 06, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE