IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP NO. 892 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION: 20.1.2009 Shri Sukhdarshan Singh ...Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab & Others …Respondents CORAM HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI PRESENT: Mr.V.K.Shukla, Advocate for the petitioner Permod Kohli, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. On the asking of this Court, Mr.B.S.Chahal, DAG, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the respondents-State. With the consent of the counsel, this petition is disposed of at motion stage. The petitioner was serving as Principal and sought voluntary retirement from service which was ordered w.e.f. 5.1.2007. The petitioner is seeking the benefit of Proficiency Step up increments under the A.C.P. Scheme, on completion of 16 years service. The case of the petitioner has been recommended by the Principal to the DPI (S), Punjab Chandigarh. The petitioner also served a legal notice (Annexure P-8) which has not been decided till date. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondents to take a decision on the legal notice (Annexure P-8) and if CWP NO. 892 of 2009 :2: the petitioner is found entitled to the claim, the same be released to him within a period of two months from the date a certified copy of this order is furnished to respondents Needless to say, in the event the claim of the petitioner is to be rejected, it should be by a reasoned and speaking order. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 20.1.2009 MFK