IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.8364 of 2010 Date of decision : 07.05.2010 Prof. Gulshan Rai Pruthi and others ...Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL **** Present: Mr. B R Vohra, Advocate, for the petitioners. **** AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. (ORAL) The petitioners, who had been working in privately aided Colleges, have approached this Court under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to pay them the gratuity at par with their counterparts working in Government Colleges and other Departments, as per the revised Pay Scales w.e.f. 1.1.1996. Learned counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners have served a legal notice (Annexure P-7) upon the respondents claiming the same relief as sought in the writ petition, on which no action has been taken so far. Learned counsel further states that at this stage, the petitioners shall feel satisfied in case a time-bound direction is issued to the respondents to consider and decide the legal notice (Annexure P-7), after affording an opportunity of hearing to them. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider and decide the legal notice (Annexure P-7), by passing a speaking order after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioners within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. May 07, 2010 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) atulsethi JUDGE