IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.7273 of 2010 Date of Decision : April 26, 2010. Narpinder Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Ashu Kaushik, 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 respondents to grant him pension on the basic pay of Rs.7660/- instead of Rs.5150/- per month. The petitioner joined the respondent-department as a Forest Guard on 17.2.1977 and was later on promoted as Block Officer which post he held till his retirement w.e.f. 31.10.2007. The petitioner's grievance is that while his pension has been fixed on the basic pay of Rs.5150/- per month, his juniors, namely, Jagbir Singh and Harmesh Kumar are getting pension on the basic pay of Rs.7660/- per month. It appears that the alleged anomaly had occurred while the petitioner was still in service at the time of pay fixation in the revised pay C.W.P.No .7273 of 2010 2 scale(s). The petitioner is said to have pointed out the alleged anomaly to the respondents vide legal notice dated 24.7.2007 (Annexure P-1), served before his retirement but there is no response to the said notice till date. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent Nos.2 & 3 to take cognizance of the legal notice dated 24.7.2007 (Annexure P-1) served on behalf of the petitioner and dispose of the petitioner's pending claim by passing a speaking order as early as possible and preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. April 26, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE