C.W.P. No. 8533 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 8533 of 2011 Date of Decision : May 13, 2011 Hari Dev Sharma and others .... PETITIONERS Vs. State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH * * * Present : Mr. R.K.Arora, Advocate, for the petitioners. * * * AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL) Counsel for the petitioners contends that the claim of the petitioners in the present writ petition is for stepping up of their pay equivalent to their juniors who are getting higher pay than the petitioners as of now. It is the contention of the petitioners that on merger of the cadre of Assistant Drivers and Drivers in the year 1979, the petitioners became senior and, therefore, were entitled to the equivalent pay with those persons, who became junior to them by such merger. A representation was submitted by the petitioners, on which an office note was made on 20.05.2003 recommending the claim of the petitioners while C.W.P. No. 8533 of 2011 2 comparing the pay of the petitioners with those of their juniors, but no decision has been taken thereon till date. Thereafter, the petitioners have submitted requests/reminders dated 23.01.2006 (Annexure P-1) and 17.04.2006 (Annexure P-2) but no reply was received. Faced with the situation, the petitioners have now served a legal notice dated 31.01.2011 (Annexure P-4), which has also not been decided by the respondents and is still pending consideration. Counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners, at this stage, would be satisfied if a direction is issued to The Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar-respondent No. 3 to consider and decide the claim of the petitioners, as put forth by them in their legal notice dated 31.01.2011 (Annexure P-4), within some specified time. Without going into the merits of the case or commenting thereon, the present writ petition is disposed of with directions to The Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar-respondent No. 3 to consider and decide the legal notice served by the petitioners dated 31.01.2011 (Annexure P-4) within a period of three months' from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. The decision taken thereon be conveyed to the petitioners forthwith. In case, the petitioners are held entitled to the claim, the consequential relief be released to them within a period of two months' thereafter. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) May 13, 2011 JUDGE pj