IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.9404 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 20, 2010. Baljit Kaur .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.R.K.Arora, 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 has retired as a Lecturer-in-Punjabi from the Education Department, Government of Punjab. She had earlier filed a Civil Writ Petition No.2026 of 2000 seeking directions to the respondents to step-up her pay and bring it at par with her junior, namely, Smt.Arvind Randhawa. In stead of granting the said benefit, it appears that the respondents reduced the pay of Smt.Arvind Randhawa. That action of the official respondents was challenged by Smt.Arvind Randhawa alongwith others and the order reducing her pay having been quashed, her basic pay has again been restored from Rs.700/- to Rs.850/- vide order dated 25.3.2010. The petitioner now reiterates her claim to step-up her pay at par with Smt.Arvind Randhawa and has served the respondents with a C.W.P.No .9404 of 2010 2 legal notice dated 30.3.2010 (Annexure P-7) calling upon them to grant the due relief. But there is no response to the said legal notice so far. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the facts as noticed above as well as the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, it appears that the petitioner's claim requires to be decided by the respondents on merits. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to respondent Nos.1 & 2 to take cognizance of the legal notice dated 30.3.2010, served on behalf of the petitioner, and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Dasti. May 20, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE