CWP No. 12993 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 12993 of 2011 Date of decision: 25.07.2011 Tara Singh and others ......Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab and another. ...Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS.JUSTICE RITU BAHRI. PRESENT: Mr. Hitesh Kaplish, Advocate for petitioners. Mr. Ram Lal Gupta, Additional AG Punjab. **** RITU BAHRI, J. (Oral). Notice of motion. On asking of Court Mr. Ram Lal Gupta, Addl.A.G. Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the State. Counsel for the petitioners is directed to supply copy of petition to State counsel today itself during the course of the day. The petitioners are claiming parity of pay-scale with the teachers in the same cadre. Petitioners are from the cadre of classical and vernacular cadre comprising of language and other teachers including Hindi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Urdu, PTI, Art & Craft, Drawing, Sewing teachers, Manual Training Instructors (MTI) and Agriculture Instructors. The issue has been decided by a number of judgments by this Court, hence, eventually the Government of Punjab has issued general instructions on 12.05.2011 to grant the same pay-scale. As per these instructions payment of arrears shall be made in five annual and two annual installments respectively for serving and retired employees. Grant of scale is subject to CWP No. 12993 of 2011 -2- outcome of LPA, if any, filed by the State. In view of the instructions dated 12.05.2011 issued by the Government of Punjab, this writ petition is disposed of giving direction to the respondents to reconsider the case of petitioners and if found entitled to fix the salary of the petitioners and release their first installment of arrears within a period of six weeks in view of instructions dated 12.05.2011 from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. July 25, 2011 (RITU BAHRI) Harjeet JUDGE