IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 5015 of 2010. [O&M] Date of Decision: 22nd March, 2010. Bhupinder Singh Petitioner through Mr. R.K.Arora, Advocate Versus State of Punjab & Ors. Respondents through Mrs. Charu Tuli, Sr.DAG, Punjab. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT. 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] This order shall dispose of CWP Nos. 5015, 5045, 5134 of 2010 and 13187 of 2009 as common questions of law and facts are involved in all these cases. The petitioners are retired Lecturers/Masters from the Education Department, Government of Punjab. They are aggrieved at the retrospective re-fixation of their pay and consequential recoveries sought to be effected vide the impugned orders. As far as the recovery orders are concerned, learned counsel for the parties are ad-idem that the issues stands answered in favour of the petitioners by a Full Bench decision of this Court in Budh Ram v State of Haryana & Ors. 2009[3] PLR, 511. Consequently, the recovery orders are hereby quashed. Recovery, if any, affected from the petitioners, shall be refunded to them within a period of four months from the date a certified copy of this order is received. So far as the petitioner's claim for stepping-up of their pay, this Court vide order dated 02.03.2010 passed in CWP No. 16323 of 2008 [Smt. Sudarshana Devi & Anr. V State of Punjab & Ors.] has constituted an Officers' Committee to look into such like claims which essentially require verification of the facts on case to case basis. The writ petitions qua the afore-stated relief, are accordingly disposed of by relegating the petitioners before the Officers' Committee, who shall consider the same in accordance with the Rules/Government instructions and keeping in view the facts of individual case and shall make appropriate recommendations after hearing the petitioners in person, if so required. The needful shall be done within a period of four months from the date a certified copy of this order is received. Till the Committee takes any decision, the petitioners shall continue to draw their retiral benefits as per the reduced/re-fixed pay. Disposed of. Dasti. March 22, 2010. ( SURYA KANT ) dinesh JUDGE