IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.8712 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 12, 2010. Raj Kumar Sharma .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Deepak Aggarwal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Kamaldeep Singh Sidhu, 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. Mr.Kamaldeep Singh Sidhu, learned 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 petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to release the arrears on account of re-fixation of his pay in the revised pay- scale amounting to Rs.17092/- alongwith interest. The petitioner is working as a Work-charge Attendant in the Government Senior Secondary C.W.P.No .8712 of 2010 2 School, Village Bangi Kalan, District Bathinda. His pay was revised w.e.f. 1.1.1996 as per the Government notification dated 19.5.1998 and on re- fixation of his pay, the petitioner is stated to be entitled to the arrears to the tune of Rs.17092/- which have not been paid to him so far as he was dragged into un-ending correspondence containing one after another objections. Even after removing the objections, the payment has not been made to him so far. The case in hand is a glaring example of harassment caused to a Class-IV employee. The writ petition is accordingly allowed with a direction to the respondents to release the above-stated arrears to the petitioner alongwith interest @ 9% per annum within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order, failing which the petitioner shall also be entitled to cost of Rs.5000/-. Respondent No.2 is directed to hold an enquiry and fix the responsibility of the Officer/official causing the inordinate delay in making payment of such a petty amount and recover the aforesaid arrears of interest from the guilty officer/official. Dasti. May 12, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE