CWP No.3881 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. DATE OF DECISION: 5.3.2010 Bijender Singh ...Petitioner VERSUS State of Haryana & Others …Respondents CORAM HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI PRESENT: Mr.R.N.Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner Mr.RS Kundu, Addl.A.G., Haryana Permod Kohli, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. The petitioner was appointed as Assistant Electrician on 1.12.1987 on daily wage basis and his services were regularized w.e.f. 1.5.1992. Thereafter the petitioner was promoted as Electrician w.e.f. 26.1.2002. The State of Haryana vide its Memo dated 26.7.1991 (Annexure P-4) revised the pay scales of Technical posts for which the qualification is matric with ITI. The pay scale was revised from Rs.950-1400 to Rs.1200-2040 w.e.f. 1.5.1990 or from the date of his regularization i.e. 1.5.1992. Similarly situated persons who were denied the revised pay scale filed civil suits and writ petitions. Such civil suits/writ petitions were allowed by this Court. In CWP No.3881 of 2010 2 one of the writ petitions being CWP No.2032 of 2000 decided on 17.9.2002, while considering the claim of similarly situated persons, this Court allowed the writ petition with the following directions:- “Accordingly, the respondents shall re-fix the pay of the petitioners as indicated above within a period of four months from the date a certified copy of the order is received by them. However, the payment of the arrears to the petitioners on the aforesaid basis is restricted to the period of 38 months prior to July 22, 1997 i.e. the date when they served the legal notice upon the respondents claiming the aforesaid modified pay scales.” The petitioner being similarly situated has filed this petition claiming the revised pay scale. Admittedly, the petitioner was regularized on 1.5.1992. He cannot claim the regular pay scale prior to that. Hence this petition is allowed in terms of the judgment passed in CWP No.2032 of 2000 decided on 17.9.2002. Respondents are directed to place the petitioner in pay scale of Rs.1200-2040 w.e.f. 1.5.1992. However, the arrears shall be restricted to period of 38 months preceding the filing of the present writ petition. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 05.3.2010 MFK