Civil Writ Petition No. 10053 of 2011 -1- IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 10053 of 2011 Date of Decision : 1.6.2011 Sanjeev Kumar & others .......... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab & others ...... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Present : Mr. Vivek Sharma, Advocate for the petitioners. **** AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL) It is the contention of the counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners, who are working as Steno-Typists are entitled to the same benefit as has been granted by this Court in CWP No. 16626 of 2000 titled 'Jaspal Singh & others vs. State of Punjab and others' decided on 18.12.2001 (Annexure P-1), against which Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No. 9313- 9314 of 2002 preferred by the respondent State stands dismissed vide order dated 9.5.2002 (Annexure P-3). For claiming the said relief the petitioners have already submitted a representation dated 6.1.2011 (Annexure P-7) but no decision thereon has been taken till date. He further contends that liberty may be granted to the petitioners to file a detailed representation claiming the relief of stepping up of the pay scales of the petitioners by one step higher than the Clerks. The said representation may be decided within some specified time. Civil Writ Petition No. 10053 of 2011 -2- If that be so, without going into the merits of the case or commenting thereon, the present writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to file a representation supplementing the earlier representation dated 6.1.2011 (Annexure P-7) within a period of one week from today. If such a representation is filed, the same shall be considered and decision taken thereon by the Managing Director, Housefed, Punjab- respondent No.3 within a period of two months from the date of receipt of such representation. The decision, so taken, be conveyed to the petitioners forthwith. In case the representation of the petitioners is accepted the consequential benefits be released to the petitioners within a period of two months thereafter. Arrears shall, however, be restricted to three years and two months preceding the date of filing of the present writ petition. 1.6.2011 (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH) 'sp' JUDGE