IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.14342 of 2009 Date of Decision : March 12, 2010. Balbir Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Raj Kumar Arya, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.B.S.Chahal, DAG, Punjab. -.- 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) The petitioner, who joined the Punjab Police as a Constable on 18.2.1971, has already retired from the rank of Sub Inspector on attaining the age of superannuation. He seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to fix his pay correctly w.e.f. 1.1.1990 and grant him the consequential benefits including the arrears of salary and retiral benefits. This Court vide order dated 4.3.2010 passed in CWP No.566 of 2010 (Ranjit Singh and others versus State of Punjab and others), has already constituted an Officers Committee to look into the grievances of the police personnel and redress the same. The issue raised by the petitioner in this writ petition which essentially requires verification of the C.W.P.No .14342 of 2009 2 records, can also be gone into by the aforesaid Committee. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the aforesaid Committee to consider the claim of the petitioner in accordance with the Rules/Policies of the State Government as well as the facts pleaded in the writ petition and take an appropriate decision as early as possible and preferably within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Dasti. March 12, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE