CWP No.1915 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.1915 of 2011 Date of decision:- 04.08.2011 Gian Chand and others ...Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present: Mr. P.S. Goraya, Advocate for the petitioners. Ms. Anu Pal, AAG, Punjab. RITU BAHRI J.(Oral) The petitioners are seeking directions to the respondents to permit the petitioners to re-exercise their option in view of the changed circumstances created by the change in Master scale vide Notification issued on 24.12.1992 (Annexure-P1) and further directions to the respondents to pay the petitioners the arrears of salary w.e.f 1.1.1986. At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioners has referred to the order passed in Civil Writ Petition No.7643 of 1997 Narinder Kumar and others versus State of Punjab and others, decide on 21.07.1988 whereby the petitioners were granted an opportunity to give fresh options within a period of one month for revision of the pay scales. He has further submitted that this judgment has been followed by this Court in Civl Writ Petition No.7464 of 2009 dated 25.02.2010. Thereafter, on 24.01.2011 general instructions have been issued by Finance Department, CWP No.1915 of 2011 -2- Punjab Government (Finance Personnel to Branch) whereby Finance Department has given an approval to change the option by employees subject to the condition that their pay will be re-fixed notionally as per the orders of the Court and they will not be paid any arrears. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to pass appropriate orders in compliance of instructions dated 24.01.2011, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. 04.08. 2011 (RITU BAHRI) Jyoti 1 JUDGE