CWP No.2704/2011 #1# IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.2704/2011 Date of Decision : 14.2.2011. Gurdarshan Lal (Retd) and others ..........Petitioners v State of Punjab and others ..........Respondents. Coram: Hon'ble Mr.Justice Jaswant Singh Present: Ms. Anju Bansal,Advocate for Mr. Sunny Singla, Advocate for the petitioners. Jaswant Singh,J (Oral) Petitioners, who are serving/or retired Teachers/Masters of the Education Department of State of Punjab, seek a mandamus directing the respondents to permit them to re-exercise their option within some reasonable period for grant of revised pay scale w.e.f 1.1.1986 in terms of the Notification/Circular dated 24.12.1992 (P.2). This Court vide its judgment dated 25.2.2010 rendered in CWP No.7464 of 2009 titled Surender Kumar and another v. State of Punjab has, in a identical situation, decided the issue in favour of the similarly situated Teachers. It is, thus, submitted that the matter being squarely covered, the petitioners are entitled to similar relief. Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Sh. Puneet Gupta, Addl.A.G, Punjab has put in appearance and stated that in pursuance of the directions by this Court in Surender Kumar's case (supra), a general CWP No.2704/2011 #2# policy has been framed by the State of Punjab on 31.1.2011 and the matter is squarely covered under the said policy and the petitioner shall be granted the benefit in terms of the policy. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the benefit of re-fixed emoluments and pension be granted w.e.f 1.3.2010 to the petitioners as granted in Surender Kumar's case (supra) and further the arrears accruing w.e.f 1.3.2010. Learned counsel for the State has submitted that the petitioners shall be granted an opportunity to re-exercise their option for grant of revised pay scale in terms of the aforesaid policy dated 31.1.2011 and the benefit of emoluments/pension including the arrears as per the re-fixed pay w.e.f 1.2.2011 shall be granted. After hearing learned counsel for the parties, this court is unable to accept such a plea on behalf of the petitioners. In Surender Kumar's case (supra), the decision was rendered on 25.2.2010 and the benefit of re-fixed emoluments and pension was thus granted w.e.f 1.3.2010 onwards after the Teachers were permitted to re-exercise their option. In the present case, petitioners have subsequently come to this Court and now the respondent-State has framed a uniform generalized policy applicable to similarly situated Teachers, therefore, the claim of the petitioners has to be accepted in view and in terms of the aforesaid policy framed. Accordingly, the plea of the petitioners for grant of said relief w.e.f 1.3.2010 is rejected and it is held that the petitioners shall be granted necessary benefits in view of the policy dated 31.1.2011 CWP No.2704/2011 #3# after they have been permitted to re-exercise their option for grant of revised pay scale w.e.f 1.1.1986 in terms of the Notification dated 24.12.1992 (P.2) within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. Disposed of in the above terms. February 14, 2011 ( JASWANT SINGH ) manoj JUDGE