CWP No. 12186 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 12186 of 2011 Date of decision : 14.07.2011 Surinder Singh ......Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present: Mr. Surinder Garg, Advocate for the petitioner. **** RITU BAHRI, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. On asking of Court, Mr. K.S. Dadwal, Addl. A.G. Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the State. Counsel for the petitioner is directed to supply copy of the petition to the State counsel today itself during the course of the day. The petitioner was appointed as JBT teacher and his services were regularized w.e.f 19.05.1975 and he was absorbed in C&V cadre. He was awarded the JST Grade w.e.f 07.02.1972 and thereafter, he was promoted as S.S. Master w.e.f 28.10.1993 and ultimately retired as S.S. Master on 30.09.2007. At the time of his promotion, he was given an increment of higher responsibility as the job of SS. Master is of Higher Responsibility than the job of C&V teacher. The case for sanction of pension of the petitioner was sent to the office of Accountant General, Punjab who vide his letter dated 25.09.2007 raised the objection CWP No. 12186 of 2011 -2- regarding the grant of Higher Responsibility increment w.e.f 28.10.1993 and it is mentioned that the increment of Higher Responsibility is not admissible as the basic scale of language teacher to Master is the same. Subsequently, the pay of the petitioner was re-fixed and the benefit of Higher responsibility increment was withdrawn from the petitioner and ultimately the recovery of Rs.68617/- has been sought to be made from the petitioner. The petitioner retired on 30.09.2007 and without effecting the recovery his pension case was not being resubmitted before the Accountant General, Punjab, so the petitioner deposited the amount of Rs.68620/- vide challan no. 29 dated 04.03.2008 This petition is disposed of by giving a direction to respondent No. 2 to treat this petition as representation of the petitioner and decide the same by passing a speaking order within six weeks from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. July 14, 2011 (RITU BAHRI) G.Arora JUDGE