IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C. W. P. No. 15603 of 1989 Date of Decision: 1 - 7 - 2010 Harjeet Singh and others ....Petitioners v. State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA *** Present: Mr.Vinod Sharma, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr.J.S.Puri, Addl. A.G., Punjab for the respondents. *** KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Dr.Sadhu Singh Randhawa, Director Public Instructions (Elementary Education), Punjab is present in Court. He has ensured this Court that in the matters pertaining to his Directorate, due assistance shall be provided to the counsel for the State so that he could assist the Court in rendering justice. Mr.J.S.Puri, Additional Advocate General, Punjab on instructions from Mr.Pawan Kumar, Law Officer, office of Director Public Instructions (Elementary Education), Punjab has stated that J.B.T. teachers are entitled to revised pay scale of Rs.1200-2100/- in terms of notification dated 17.2.1989, Annexure P1 and after rendering 8 years of service, they are entitled to the scale of Rs.1410-2460/- and senior scale of Rs.1640- 2925/- after rendering 18 years of service. Mr.Puri states that subject to the rider provided in Government instructions issued from time to time, all the petitioners may have been granted the scales which were due to them in terms of Annexure P1. Counsel for the petitioners states that present writ petition was filed on behalf of 46 petitioners. Therefore, each case of the petitioners has to be examined independently. In case the scales as specified in Annexure P1 have not been granted to the petitioners, they may represent to the Director Public Instructions (Elementary Education), Punjab who shall consider the each case individually. Needless to say that any employee, who is entitled to the higher scale after 8 or 18 years of service, has to comply with the necessary conditions which have been enumerated by the Government in various instructions for grant of higher scale from time to time. With the aforesaid observations, the writ petition stands disposed of. ( KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA ) July 1, 2010. JUDGE RC