IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.20193 of 2009(O&M) DATE OF DECISION :23rd December 2009 Jugal Kishore ...Petitioner Vs. State of Haryana and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI Present : Mr.Anil Shukla, Advocate for the petitoner PERMOD KOHLI,J.(Oral) Notice of motion. Mr.R.K.S.Brar, Addl.Advocate General, Haryana accepts notice on behalf of respondent-State. The petitioner is serving as a mechanic w.e.f. 1.1.1995. The petitioner claim stepping up of the pay at par with his junior. Vide Annexure P-2, the pay of the petitioner has been stepped up at par with one Dinesh Kumar, mechanic, who is admittedly junior to him. However, grievance of the petitioner is that he is entitled for stepping up pay at par with one Bir Singh, mechanic who is getting more pay than the petitioner as also Dinesh Kumar. The petitioner has served legal notice Annexure P-4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner would be satisfied, if, respondents are directed to decide legal notice. In view of the above circumstances, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondents to take decision on the legal notice of the petitioner within a period of three months from the date certified copy of this order is served upon the said respondent. Civil Writ Petition No.20193 of 2009(O&M) -2- Needless to say that in the event, the claim of the petitioner is to be rejected, the same shall be by a reasoned and speaking order. ((PERMOD KOHLI) December 23, 2009 JUDGE p.singh