CWP No. 14494 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 14494 of 2011 Date of decision : 11.08.2011 Dharampal Kundra and others ......Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present: Mr. Nirmal Singh, Advocate for the petitioners **** RITU BAHRI, J. (Oral) Petitioners are seeking writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to extend the benefits of the pay revision to the petitioners w.e.f 01.11.1971 instead of 16.07.1975 and to fix their pay whose unrevised pay falls between two stages in the new time scale in the revised scale in the next stage in view of the law laid down by this Court in CWP NO. 2208 of 1989 titled as 'Lekh Raj Khera and others vs. State of Punjab and others, decided on 24.03.2009 (Annexure P-5) The petitioners joined the Punjab Education Department as Masters before 10.07.1975 in various schools in the State of Punjab and have since retired. The Kothari Commission, in its report in the year 1966 had made a recommendation for revision of the pay scales of the teaching personnel in the State of Punjab after a period of 5 years. Thereafter, vide order dated 16.07.1975, pay scales of Masters/Mistresses were revised from 220-8-300/10- CWP No. 14494 of 2011 -2- 4500/20-500 to 220-12-340/15-400/20-500. Vide Annexure P-2, their pay have been fixed in the lower stage of the revised scale and the excess has been absorbed in the next increment to be allowed on the old date in the un-revised scale. The pay scales of classical and vernacular teachers were revised w.e.f 01.11.1971 and in the case of masters, it was revised w.e.f 16.07.1975. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that this issue has been decided in their favour in the judgment passed by this Court in Lekh Raj Khera's case (supra) (Annexure P-5) and directions have been issued to the respondents to extend the benefits of the pay revision to the petitioners w.e.f 01.11.1971 instead of 16.07.1975 with a further direction to fix the pay of such petitioners whose unrevised pay falls between two stages in the new time scale in the revised scale in the next stage. The aforesaid judgment (Annexure P-5) has been subsequently followed and all the petitioners who have approached this Court were given the benefits. Learned State counsel has also admitted that the case of the petitioners is squarely covered by Lekh Raj Khera's case (supra). In view of the above cited judgments, the present writ petition is disposed of by giving a direction to the respondents to considered the case of the petitioners in terms of the above mentioned judgment (Annexure P-5). August 11, 2011 (RITU BAHRI) G.Arora JUDGE