IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 18043 of 2009. [O&M] Date of Decision: 28th April, 2010. Bahadur Masih Petitioner through Mr. V.K.Shukla, Advocate. Versus State of Punjab & Ors. Respondent through Mrs. Charu Tuli, Sr. DAG, Punjab. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT. 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 is aggrieved at the impugned orders dated 17.9.2008 and 13.10.2008 [Annexures P-4 and P-5] whereby his pay has been re-fixed after withdrawing the benefit of stepping-up which was earlier granted to him. The petitioner also seeks a Mandamus to direct the respondents to release his pension and other service benefits on the basis of the pay actually drawn by him till his retirement. So far as the recovery is concerned, learned counsel for the parties are ad-idem that the controversy is squarely answered in favour of the petitioners by a Full Bench decision of this Court in Budh Ram v State of Haryana & Ors. 2009[3] PLR, 511. Consequently, the recovery orders are hereby quashed. Recovery, if any, effected from the petitioner, shall be refunded within a period of four months from the date a certified copy of this order is received. Adverting to the claim of the petitioners that he is entitled to be granted the pensionary/service benefits on the basis of the pay actually drawn by him till his retirement, this Court, vide order dated 04.03.2010 passed in CWP No. 566 of 2010 [Ranjit Singh & Ors. V State of Punjab & Ors.], has constituted an Officers-Committee consisting [i] Shri Parag Jain, IPS, IGP/Head Quarters, Punjab Police; [ii] Smt. Gurpreet Kaur Deo, IPS, DIG, Administration, Punjab Police Headquarters; and [iii] Shri M.S.Gill, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, to consider and redress the grievances of Police Personnel like the petitioner. Since the factual assertions need to be ascertained to resolve the controversy, this petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to make a comprehensive representation before the afore- stated Officers'-Committee, who shall then, after affording the petitioner an opportunity of personal hearing, make appropriate recommendations as early as possible and preferably within a period of three months from the date a certified copy of this order is received. Till the Committee takes any decision, the petitioner shall continue to draw his retiral service benefits as per the reduced/re- fixed pay. Disposed of. Dasti. April 28, 2010. ( SURYA KANT ) dinesh JUDGE