IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.17607 of 2011 Date of Decision : September 20, 2011. Khem Singh and others .....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Vikas Chatrath, Advocate, for the petitioners. -.- 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 petitioners seek the arrears of pay of the pay scales admissible to the posts of Principal/Head Master/BPEO etc. as they are said to have worked on the afore-said posts for a sufficient long period. They also seek protection of their pay and grant of the increments of higher responsibility on their discharging the duties of higher responsibilities in terms of Rule 4.4 (a) (i) of the Punjab Civil Services Rules, with consequential benefits. Reliance is placed on a decision of this Court dated 1.7.2010 passed in CWP No.4552 of 2003 (Darshan Singh and another versus The State of Punjab and others) (Annexure P-8). The petitioners have also raised the aforesaid claim vide a legal notice dated 27.5.2011 CWP No.17607 of 2011 [2] (Annexure P-2) but without any response thereto so far. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioners and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioners as contained in the aforementioned legal notice dated 27.5.2011 in the light of the decision of this Court in Darshan Singh's case (supra) and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order, within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. September 20, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE