CWP No.5542 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 5542 of 2010 Date of decision : 29.3.2010 Om Parkash & others ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL **** Present: Mr. P K Goklaney, Advocate, for the petitioners. **** AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. (ORAL) The petitioners have approached this Court under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to release revised pensionary benefits to the petitioners in accordance with the Punjab Privately Managed Recognized Aided Schools Retirement Benefit Scheme, 1992, along with arrears of revised pension, dearness allowance in the revised scale/pension with effect from 1.1.2006 in terms of the Fifth Punjab Pay Commission recommendations. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have served a legal notice dated 1.09.2009 (Annexure P-12) upon respondent No.2 ventilating their claim as set up in the writ petition on which no action has been taken so far. Learned CWP No.5542 of 2010 -2- counsel further submits that the petitioners shall feel satisfied in case a direction is issued to respondent No.2 to decide the aforesaid legal notice within a time-bound frame. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioners and perusing the file, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to decide the legal notice (Annexure P-12) served by the petitioners by passing a speaking order after affording an opportunity of hearing to them within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of the order. March 29, 2010 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) atulsethi JUDGE