IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.1921 of 2011 Date of Decision : February 02, 2011. Anjali Garg .....Petitioner versus Panjab University, Chandigarh and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Keshav Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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 petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the Governing Body of Mai Bhago College for Women, namely, respondent Nos.2 to 4, to fix her salary in the pay scale of Rs.8000-13500 w.e.f. 23.7.2001 alongwith admissible allowances and to further revise it to Rs.15600- 39100 plus AGP of Rs.6000/- w.e.f. 1.1.2006 and pay the consequential arrears. The grievance of the petitioner is that though she has been appointed as Lecturer-in-Economics through an open competition as she possesses the requisite qualifications prescribed by the University Grants Commission/University and her appointment has duly been approved by the Panjab University, Chandigarh, yet the management in order to C.W.P.No .1921 of 2011 2 deprive her from the pay scale admissible to the Lecturers on the basis of the pay structure approved by the University Grants Commission, mentioned a lower pay scale of Rs.2200-4000 in her appointment letter dated 20.7.2001 (Annexure P-4) in stead of the pay scale of Rs.8000- 13500. It is averred that all the lecturers possessing the prescribed qualifications as per the University Grant Commission are entitled to and/or being paid the salary in the aforesaid pay-scale but the petitioner has been subjected to hostile discrimination without any reasonable classification. The petitioner in this regard has made representations to the management on several occasions (Annexures P-7 to P-9) followed by a legal notice dated 26.8.2010 (Annexure P-10) but none of these have been responded so far. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition and in the light of the documents on record, it appears imperative upon respondent Nos.2 to 4 to consider the afore-mentioned claim of the petitioner in a time bound manner failing which the authorities of the respondent-University would also be obligated to intervene in the matter. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of at this stage with a direction to respondent Nos.3 & 4 to consider the afore-mentioned claim of the petitioner regarding her placement in the higher pay scale from the date of his initial appointment alongwith consequential benefits, within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. The management is directed to send a copy of this order to the Vice C.W.P.No .1921 of 2011 3 Chancellor of the Panjab University, Chandigarh, who in turn shall be required to intervene in the matter and take appropriate steps in the event of non-compliance of the directions given above. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. February 02, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE