IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.10073 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 26, 2010. Kusam Lata .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Harinder Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.K.S.Sidhu, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. -.- 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) Notice of motion. Mr.K.S.Sidhu, learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, there is no necessity to seek any counter-reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner is aggrieved at the orders dated 4.5.2007 (Annexure P-3) and 5.3.2010 (Annexure P-4) whereby the benefit of stepping-up of pay to bring it at par with her junior, namely, Harbans Singh, which was earlier granted to her, has been withdrawn and consequential recovery of Rs.84679/- has been ordered to be effected. C.W.P.No .10073 of 2010 2 During the course of hearing, learned counsel for the parties are ad-idem that the impugned recovery notice dated 5.3.2010 (Annexure P-4) cannot sustain in the light of the Full Bench decision of this Court in Budh Ram and others versus State of Haryana and others, 2009 (3) S.C.T.333. The impugned recovery order dated 5.3.2010 (Annexure P-4) is accordingly quashed. Learned counsel for the petitioner further states that even if the petitioner is not entitled to claim pay parity with Harbans Singh, yet she can seek for stepping up of her pay at par with her various other juniors in the female cadre. In the light of this plea, it is observed that the petitioner shall be at liberty to make a representation to the Officers' Committee comprising (i) Sh.Krishan Kumar, IAS, Special Secretary and Director General School Education; (ii) Sh.Amil Rattan Singh, Additional Advocate General, Punjab; (iii) Sh. Chander Shekhar Talwar, IAS, Special Secretary, Finance and Director, Treasury & Accounts, Punjab, and (iv) Sh.Dharminder Pal, PCS, Additional Secretary to Govt. of Punjab, Department of Personnel, constituted by this Court vide order dated 2.3.2010 in CWP No.16323 of 2008 (Smt.Sudarshana Devi and another versus State of Punjab and others) to look into such like claims which essentially require verification of the individual facts. The writ petition qua the afore-stated relief, is accordingly disposed of by relegating the petitioner before the Officers' Committee, who shall consider the same in accordance with the Rules/Government C.W.P.No .10073 of 2010 3 Instructions and keeping in view the facts of individual case and shall make appropriate recommendations after hearing the petitioner in person. The needful shall be done within a period of four months from the date a certified copy of this order is received. Needless to say that if the Committee upholds the petitioner's claim, the Competent Authority shall implement such recommendations forthwith, unless disagrees for the reasons to be assigned in writing. Dasti. May 26, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE