IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.8881 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 14, 2010. Ajit Kaur .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.S.S.Behl, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.K.S.Sidhu, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. -.- 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) Notice of motion. Mr.K.S.Sidhu, learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, there is no need to seek any counter-reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner is a retired Lecturer from the Education Department, Government of Punjab. She seeks quashing of the order dated 21.3.2006 (Annexure P-2) whereby the benefit of stepping-up of her pay equivalent to by her junior, as was granted earlier, has been withdrawn. During the course of hearing, learned counsel for the parties C.W.P.No .8881 of 2010 2 are ad-idem that the controversy involved in this case can be disposed of in terms of the order dated 2.3.2010 passed by this Court in CWP No.16323 of 2008 (Smt.Sudarshana Devi and another versus State of Punjab and others). The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the Officers' Committee to consider the claims of the petitioners in accordance with the Rules/Policies as well as the facts pleaded in the writ petition and take an appropriate decision. The Competent Authority shall implement the decision of the Committee without any delay unless it disagrees with the recommendations made by the Officers' Committee and in that event, the claim shall be disposed of by passing a speaking order within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. However, if the petitioner is dis-satisfied with the decision of the Committee, she shall be at liberty to seek redressal of her grievances before an appropriate forum. Dasti. May 14, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE