CWP No.11919 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No.11919 of 2011 Date of Decision: 12.07.2011 Mahender Singh Phogat ....Petitioner Versus Haryana State Fed. of Co-op. Sugar Mills Ltd. & others ...Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Jagbir Malik, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers 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 ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the issuance of writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to remove the anomaly in the pay scale of the post of cane Accountant in Co-operative Sugar Mills and to grant pay with basic pay of ` 14,980/- and grade pay of ` 3,300/- in the pay scale of ` 5,200-20,200/- to the petitioner w.e.f. 01.10.2009 as has been granted to similar situated cane accountants by other co-operative Sugar Mills in the State of Haryana. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner is working on the post of Cane Accountant in the respondent No.2 Sugar Mill and he is being paid pay with Basic Pay of ` 9,750/- with grade pay of ` 3,497/- w.e.f. 01.10.2009 and is getting ` 16,447/- per month as total CWP No.11919 of 2011 2 salary, whereas, the other similar situated Cane Accountants of other Co-operative Sugar Mills are getting higher salary. The petitioner issued a demand notice Annexure P-6 on 12.02.2011 praying for the said relief. However, the same is still pending and no action has been taken on the same. In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the competent authority to take a final decision on the demand notice (Annexure P-6) and decide the same within two months from the receipt of a copy of this order. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 12.07.2011 JUDGE gurpreet