IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.10492 of 2010 Decided on : 28.05.2010 Gurdip Singh ... Petitioner versus State of Punjab & another ... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT Present : Mr. Vipin Mahajan, 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? SURYA KANT, J. (ORAL) (1) The petitioner was appointed as a Driver in the Punjab Irrigation Department and posted at Ranjit Sagar Dam, Shahpur Kandi Project. On completion of the said project, the petitioner was transferred to the office of State Transport Commissioner, Punjab where his pay was protected. The said benefit has been subsequently withdrawn and recovery of Rs.1,39,311/- has been ordered to be effected from him. Besides this, the petitioner is said to have not been granted the benefit of higher pay scale on completion of 4, 9 & 14 years of service. (2) The petitioner has already questioned the recovery notice and has further claimed the above mentioned higher pay scale by way of a legal notice dated 30.03.2010 (Annexure P-4) served upon the respondent but no response thereto has been received so far. (3) Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner, I CWP No.10492 of 2010 -2- deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondent No.2 to consider and decide the above mentioned claim of the petitioner by passing a speaking order, within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order, especially keeping in view the Full Bench decision of this Court Budh Ram & others vs. State of Haryana & others (CWP No.2799 of 2008) decided on 22.05.2009, no recovery shall be effected from the petitioner till a decision on above referred legal notice is taken. (4) Ordered accordingly. (5) Dasti. May 28, 2010 (SURYA KANT) sonia JUDGE