IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.11359 of 1993 Date of decision:09.03.2010 Sohan Singh ....Petitioner versus The Chairman, Punjab State Electricity Board, Patiala and others. ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Mr.N.K. Nagar, Advocate, for the petitioner. None for the respondents. ---- 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 ? ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) 1. The petitioner claims re-fixation of pension on the ground that by Pay Commission recommendations, the scales of pay had been revised on 31.05.1991 to take effect from 01.01.1986. According to the counsel for the petitioner, he retired on 30.04.1991 and the pension shall be calculated on the basis of revised pay scales. According to the counsel for the petitioner, however, pension is being paid only on the pre-revised pay scales. 2. The case is of the year, 1993 and there is no appearance for the respondents. No objection has been set forth to the petitioner's claim. Civil Writ Petition No.11359 of 1993 - 2 - The basis of the claim seems well founded and the petitioner is entitled to computation of his pension on the basis of the revision in pay scales that had been applied to take effect from 01.01.1986. The amount shall be calculated and the arrears of pension shall be paid within a period of 8 weeks from the date of the receipt of the copy of the order. For any further delay in the payment, it shall attract simple interest at 9% per annum. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 09.03.2010 sanjeev