C.W.P. No. 13310 of 2011 [ 1 ] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 13310 of 2011 Date of Decision: July 27,2011 Manjit Singh and others ................................ Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another .................. Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Ms. Justice Ritu Bahri 1.To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr. Vikas Chatrath, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Kavita Arora, AAG, Punjab. ... RITU BAHRI, J. (Oral) The petitioners joined the Education Department as Masters/Mistresses. Pay scales of the Classical and vernacular Teachers were revised on the recommendation of Kothari Commission vide letter dated 19.6.1971. However, benefit of pay revision was not allowed in the case of Masters/Mistresses like petitioners even after completion of five years of service, though the benefits were extended to them vide letter dated 16.7.1975. C.W.P. No. 13310 of 2011 [ 2 ] This petition has been filed seeking the benefit of pay revision w.e.f. 1.11.1971 when they completed five years of service. It is not in dispute that the controversy has been settled by this Court in CWP No. 2208 of 1989 titled as Lekh Raj Khera and others v. State of Punjab passed by this Court on 24.3.2009 wherein this Court has allowed the pay revision with effect from 1.11.1971. The writ petition is allowed in view of the orders passed in Lekh Raj Khera's case (supra). However, the claim for arrears is restricted to three years preceding the filing of the writ petition. 27.7.2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Rupi JUDGE