IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.12260 of 2003 Date of decision: February 18, 2008. Sukhbir Singh etc. ...Petitioner(s) v. State of Punjab & Ors. ...Respondent(s) CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT 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. Present: Shri Suram Singh Rana, Advocate for the petitioners. Shri M.C. Berry, Sr. Dy. Advocate General, Punjab for the respondents. ORDER Surya Kant, J. - In this Civil Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, the petitioners seek grant of pay scale of Rs.1800-3200 with effect from 1.1.1986, along with consequential benefits. Learned Counsel for the Petitioners states that the claim of the petitioners is fully answered in their favour by a Division Bench judgment of this Court dated 13.1.1997 (Annexure P-1) passed in CWP No.6597 of 1996 (Hakeek Singh v. State of Punjab & Ors.). After hearing Learned Counsel for the parties and without expressing any views on merits of the petitioners' claim, this Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the petitioners' claim in the light of the judgment of this Court in Hakeek Singh's case (supra), within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. If it is found found that the petitioners' claim is covered in their favour in terms of the aforesaid judgment, the consequential benefits shall be granted to them within a period of one month thereafter. However, if the respondents are of the view that the aforesaid judgment is distinguishable and/or does not apply to the facts and circumstances of the present case, a self-speaking order shall be passed and conveyed to the petitioners within the stipulated period. Disposed of. February18, 2008. [ Surya Kant ] kadyan Judge