IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.6711 of 2010 Date of Decision : April 09, 2010. Gurcharan Kaur and another .....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Ms.Gurmeet Gill, Advocate, for the petitioners. Ms.Charu Tuli, Senior 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) Notice of motion. Ms.Charu Tuli, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the nature of the order which I propose to pass, there is no necessity to seek any counter-reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioners are retired Headmistresses from the Education Department, Government of Punjab. They seek quashing of the order whereby the benefit of stepping-up of their pay to bring it at par with their junior, granted to them earlier, has been withdrawn. C.W.P.No .6711 of 2010 2 During the course of hearing, learned counsel for the parties are ad-idem that the controversy involved in this case can be resolved in terms of the order dated 2.3.2010 passed by this Court in CWP No.16323 of 2008 (Smt.Sudarshana Devi and another versus State of Punjab and others). The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the Officers' Committee to consider the claim of the petitioners in accordance with the Rules/Policies as well as the facts pleaded in the writ petition and take an appropriate decision within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. In case the Committee makes recommendations in favour of the petitioners, the same shall be implemented by the Competent Authority without any delay unless the Competent Authority disagrees with the Committee for the reasons to be assigned by way of a speaking order to be passed within a period of two months from the date of receiving the Committee's recommendations. However, if the petitioners are dis-satisfied with the decision of the Committee and/or the Competent Authority, they shall be at liberty to seek redressal of their grievances before an appropriate forum. Dasti. April 09, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE