IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.13174 of 2010 Date of Decision : July 28, 2010. Krishan Kumar Singla .....Petitioner versus Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.I.P.S.Kohli, 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 retired as Assistant Engineer w.e.f. 28.2.2006 from the erstwhile Punjab State Electricity Board. He seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to grant him the proficiency step-up on completion of 23 years of service as per the Policy decision taken by the Board for the grant of promotional scale and increment to the employees on completion of 23 years of service. The petitioner's grievance is that though this Court has already granted the aforesaid relief to a similarly situated employee vide order dated 10.3.2009 (Annexure P6) passed in Civil Writ Petition No.17270 of 2007 (Jasbir Singh versus The Punjab State Electricity Board and others), yet the respondents have not paid any heed to his representation dated 22.4.2009 (Annexure P4) or the legal C.W.P.No .13174 of 2010 2 notice dated 28.6.2009 (Annexure P-5). 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 the respondents to consider the above-mentioned representation/legal notice served on behalf of the petitioner and dispose of his pending claim in the light of the decision of this Court in Jasbir Singh's case (supra), by passing a speaking order within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. While considering the claim of the petitioner, the respondents are directed to keep in view the order dated 10.3.2009 (Annexure P-6). Ordered accordingly. Dasti. July 28, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE