IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP NO.5746 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION: 24.3.2009 Mangtu Ram ...Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab & Others …Respondents CORAM HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI PRESENT: Mr.S.K.Arora, Advocate for the petitioner Mr.BS Chahal, DAG, Punjab Permod Kohli, J. (Oral) The petitioner is aggrieved of the order dated 15.2.2008 (Annexure P-4) whereby the claim of the petitioner for pay parity with the junior, namely, Darshan Dass has been rejected on the ground that the petitioner belongs to Scheduled Caste Category and the said Darshan Dass belongs to the General Category. No other ground has been mentioned in the impugned order. Almost same stand is taken in the reply filed by the respondents. Mr.Chahal submits that the respondents may be permitted to pass a fresh order. In view of the above, impugned order dated 15.2.2008 (Annexure P- 4) is hereby quashed and the respondents are directed to pass a fresh order, after affording opportunity of hearing to the petitioner within a period of three months of the receipt of a certified copy of this order to the competent CWP NO.5746 of 2008 :2: authority. In case the petitioner is found entitled to any claim, the same be released to him within one month thereafter. Disposed of. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 24.3.2009 MFK