CWP No.3941 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. DATE OF DECISION: 08.3.2010 Mange Ram ...Petitioner VERSUS State of Haryana & Others …Respondents CORAM HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI PRESENT: Mr.RN Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner Mr.RS Kundu, Addl.A.G., Haryana Permod Kohli, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. Mr.Kundu, Addl.A.G., Haryana who is present in Court has been asked to accept notice on behalf of the respondents. Keeping in view the prayer made and with the consent of the counsel, this petition is disposed of at motion stage. The petitioner was appointed as JBT teacher. He retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation on 30.6.2004. The petitioner was paid additional increments. The pay of the petitioner was re-fixed by withdrawing the additional increments vide letter dated 22.8.2003. The aforesaid order was challenged in CWP No.8261 of 2006 which came to be CWP No.3941 of 2010 2 decided by a Division Bench of this Court vide order dated 10.4.2008 and the order impugned therein was quashed. The additional increment was restored in favour of the present petitioner alongwith others who were parties to the writ petition. On account of the aforesaid order, the petitioner is seeking a direction for re-fixation of his salary and consequential retiral benefits. The petitioner has served legal notice (Annexure P-3), but no decision has been taken. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he would be satisfied if the respondents are directed to consider the legal notice (Annexure P-3) and take a decision thereon. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent no.3 to take a decision on the legal notice (Annexure P-3) in the light of the aforementioned judgment within a period of three months from the date a certified copy of this order is furnished to the competent authority. Needless to say, in the event the claim of the petitioner is to be rejected, it shall be by a reasoned and speaking order. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 8.3.2010 MFK