IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.1702 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision : February 02, 2010. Baldev Singh Rajput .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Harsimran Singh Sethi, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner seeks a direction for grant of pay scale of Rs.14300-18150 w.e.f. 1.1.1996 in terms of the orders passed by this Court from time to time, including dated 20.1.1998 (Annexure P-2) passed in CWP No.6996 of 1992 and 27.7.2007 (Annexure P-5) passed in CWP No.13493 of 2004, followed by yet another order dated 5.8.2008 (Annexure P-6) passed in CWP No.13790 of 2008. The petitioner's grievance is that the persons juniors to him have been granted the afore-stated higher pay scales but he has been deprived of merely because he did not approach this Court. The petitioner has further averred that he represented the C.W.P.No .1702 of 2010 (O&M) 2 authorities, followed by a legal notice dated 4.5.2009 (Annexure P-10), but no action has been taken so far by the respondents. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner at some length and if the plea taken by him were to be true, I am of the considered view that the respondents are obligated to consider the petitioner's claim, as noticed above, within a reasonable period. Consequently, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent Nos.1 & 2 to take cognizance of the legal notice dated 4.5.2009 (Annexure P-10) served on behalf of the petitioner and dispose of the petitioner's claim contained in the said legal notice, by passing a speaking order. In case it is found that juniors to the petitioner have already been granted higher pay scales, grant him the same higher pay scales with all the consequential benefits, preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Disposed of. Dasti. 02-02-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE