CWP No. 14720 of 2011 -2- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 14720 of 2011 Date of decision: 11.08.2011 Vijay Kumar ...Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- Mr. S.K. Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner *** RITU BAHRI, J. (Oral) The petitioner is seeking writ in the nature of mandamus for directing the respondent Nos. 1 to3 to re-fix the pay of the petitioner at par with the junior respondent No. 6 belonging to SC categories. The petitioner is posted as Sr. Asstt. in the office of respondent No. 4 in Punjab School Education Department and the respondents are denying the justice to him. Learned counsel for the petitioner has further submitted that some of the much junior counterparts of the petitioner were granted promotion as Senior Assistants on the basis of accelerated seniority, as they belong to Scheduled castes category. Learned counsel for the petitioner has referred to the judgment of Apex Court rendered in CWP Nos. 3792-3794 dated 16.9.1999 popularly known as Ajit Singh Janjua-II. The Government of Punjab, Department of Personnel implemented the judgment dated 16.09.1999 passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Ajit Singh Janjua CWP No. 14720 of 2011 -2- case (supra). The Government of Punjab issued notification dated 22.10.1999 Chandigarh is Annexure P-1. He has further submitted that in view of Annexure P-1, respondent No. 3 revised the seniority list of the senior assistants posted upto 31.12.2008 in the Subordinate Offices of the Education department of Punjab. Thereafter the petitioner made representation dated 14.10.2010 to respondent No. 3 through proper channel along with supportive documents for being forwarded to the quarter concerned (Annexure P-3). A legal notice dated 21.04.2010 was also sent to all the respondents Nos.1 to 3 (Annexure P-4). Learned counsel for the petitioner has referred to Annexure P-5 whereby similarly situated counterparts of the present petitioners, who also belong to general category had filed CWP No. 10208 of2010, which was disposed of by this Court vide order dated 27.5.2010 with a direction to the respondent-authorities to pass a speaking order (Annexure P-5). Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that respondent No. 2 has implemented order Annexure P-5in favour of petitioners of CWP No. 10208 of2010 but not to the petitioner as he was not a party in that petition. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is disposed of by giving a direction to respondent Nos. 1 to 3 to decide the legal notice dated 21.04.2011 (Annexure P-4) of the petitioner, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. August 11, 2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) G.Arora JUDGE