C.W.P. No. 6931 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 6931 of 2011 Date of Decision : April 25, 2011 Nachhatar Singh .... PETITIONER Vs. Punjab State Power Corporation and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH * * * Present : Mr. Baljit Puri, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL) Counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has retired on 29.02.2008 on attaining the age of superannuation from the post of Divisional Superintendent. The basic pay of the petitioner has been fixed at a lower amount to that of one Smt. Mukhtiar Kaur who was admittedly junior to the petitioner and was similarly placed. He contends that he had already made a demand for refixation of pay of the petitioner equal to that of Smt. Mukhtiar Kaur to the respondents but no response has been received from their side. He submits that at this stage, the petitioner would be satisfied if a direction is issued to the respondents to decide the C.W.P. No. 6931 of 2011 2 legal notices which the petitioner had served on the respondents i.e. 07.10.2008 (Anexure P-5) and 15.02.2011 (Annexure P-10) within some specified time. Without going into the merits of the case nor commenting thereon, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Chief Managing Director, Punjab State Power Corporation, Ltd.-respondent NO. 2 to consider and decide the legal notices dated 07.10.2008 (Anexure P-5) and 15.02.2011 (Annexure P-10) within a period of three months' from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. In case, the petitioner is held entitled to the relief claimed by him, the same be released within a period of two months' from the date of the decision on the legal notice. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) April 25, 2011 JUDGE pj