IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 16678 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION : 03.11.2009 Rajesh Bansal and others .... PETITIONERS Versus State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. V.K. Shukla, Advocate, for the petitioners. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) All the petitioners are working as Teachers, on contract basis, in Adarsh Senior Secondary Schools, situated in the State of Punjab, being run by the Punjab School Education Board – respondent No.2. It is the case of the petitioners that they are being paid salary at the minimum of the pay scale. Their further case is that vide notification dated 27.5.2009 (Annexure P-7), pay scales of the regular employees have been revised with effect from 1.1.2006. The said notification has been adopted by the respondent No.2 Board for the grant of the revised pay scales to its employees as well as to the employees of Adarsh Senior Secondary Schools. It is the case of the petitioners that they are being paid salary at the minimum of the un-revised pay scales. Their claim is that they should be given the minimum of the CWP No. 16678 of 2009 -2- revised pay scales, which has not been given to them without any justification and reason. In this regard, the petitioners have served a legal notice dated 14.8.2009 upon the respondents, copy of which has been annexed as Annexure P-11, but the same has not been considered and decided so far. Counsel states that at this stage, the petitioners will be satisfied if a direction is issued to respondent No.2 to consider and decide the said legal notice in accordance with law, within a reasonable time. In view of the above, without issuing notice of motion as it will un-necessary delay the matter, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider and decide the legal notice dated 14.8.2009 (Annexure P-11) in accordance with law, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. November 03, 2009 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE