CWP No. 10354 of 1993 1 IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 10354 of 1993 Date of Decision : 2.12.2009 Ajinder Paul Singh & others .......... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab & another ...... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD K. SHARMA Present : Mr. V. Ramswaroop, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. R.L. Gupta, Addl. A.G. Punjab. **** VINOD K. SHARMA, J. (ORAL) The petitioners have invoked the writ jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 /227 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to fix the initial pay of the petitioners at one stage above the time scale of Rs. 1350-2400, on the plea that the petitioners were working as Adda Conductors and were getting the revised pay scale of Rs. 950-1800 plus Rs. 50/- as Special Pay. The Board of Directors in their meeting held on 28.1.1992 decided to re-designate certain posts of Adda Conductors as Sub Inspectors on the pattern of Punjab Roadways in the pay scale of Rs. 1350-2400. The petitioners therefore were re-designated as Sub Inspectors and were placed in the pay scale of Rs. 1350-2400/-. The prayer made in the writ petition is that the petitioners are CWP No. 10354 of 1993 2 required to be granted one step above the time scale in view of Regulation 14 of the Pepsu Road Transport Corporation. Conditions of Appointment and Service Regulations, 1981, by virtue of which Punjab Civil Services Rules in which the C.S.R. Vol. I, Part-I have been made applicable to the employees of the Corporation. The reliance by the learned counsel for the petitioners to the Punjab Civil Service Rules Vol. I Part-I for seeking relief is totally misconceived, as the petitioners have not been given higher responsibility in the same pay scale but have been granted higher pay scale i.e. Rs. 1350- 2400/- from that of Rs. 950-1800 plus Rs. 50/- as Special Pay, therefore, the provisions of the Punjab Civil Service Rules qua re-fixation of pay were not application to the case of the petitioners. No merit. Dismissed. 2.12.2009 ( VINOD K. SHARMA ) 'sp' JUDGE