IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.12261 of 2011 Date of Decision : July 26, 2011. Taraqqi Lal Verma .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Amrik Singh, 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner retired from the post of Lecturer from the Government Senior Secondary School, Nand Pur Kalaur, District Fatehgarh Sahib, w.e.f. 31.10.1993 on attaining the age of superannuation. He now seeks a direction for re-fixation of his pay and payment of consequential arrears of pay and pension. The above stated claim has been raised by the petitioner firstly vide representation dated 15.9.2010 (Annexure P-5) and thereafter vide a legal notice dated 28.4.2011 (Annexure P-8). Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner, however, without expressing any views on the merits of the petitioner's claim, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent CWP No.12261 of 2011 [2] Nos.1 & 2 to consider and dispose of the petitioner's claim as contained in the aforementioned legal notice dated 28.4.2011 (Annexure P-8), by passing a speaking order within a period of six months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. It is further directed that in case the respondents are inclined to accept the petitioner's claim, no arrears beyond the period of six months preceding to 28.4.2011, the date of issuance of the legal notice, shall be paid. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. July 26, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE