IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 8586 of 2010 Date of Decision: 11.5.2010 Pawan Kumar ....Petitioner. Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL. PRESENT: Mr. Amit Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner. AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. By way of instant petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has prayed for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the notice dated 20.4.2010 (Annexure P-7) whereby respondent No.2 had ordered to lower the pay scale given at the time of his appointment approved vide Resolution No.26 dated 18.5.2004 (Annexure P-5) along with all revised pay scales given to him from time to time and to effect recovery accordingly. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner may be allowed to withdraw the present writ petition with liberty to file a detailed and comprehensive reply to the notice dated 20.4.2010 (Annexure P-7). However, a direction be issued to the respondents to decide the same in a given time frame. In view of the above, the present writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. It shall, however, be open to the petitioner to file a detailed and comprehensive reply to the notice (Annexure P-7). In case such a reply is filed by the petitioner, the concerned respondent shall take a decision on the said notice by passing a speaking order within a period of two months from the date of the filing of the reply and after affording an opportunity of hearing to him. May 11, 2010 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) gbs JUDGE