C.W.P. No. 9637 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 9637 of 2011 Date of Decision : May 27, 2011 Rakesh Kumar and others .... PETITIONERS Vs. State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH * * * Present : Mr. P.K.Goklaney, Advocate, for the petitioners. * * * AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL) Counsel for the petitioners contends that the claim, which has been made in the present writ petition which pertains to the grant of pay scale as per the recommendations of the different pay commissions with regard to skilled and semi-skilled staff in the service of the Punjab Government, is covered by the decision of this Court in LPA No. 44 of 2009 titled as State of Punjab and others vs. Rajinder Pal Gauttam and others, decided on 15.02.2010. He further contends that claiming the said benefits, the petitioners have already served a legal notice dated 27.09.2010 (Annexure P-11) through the Union but no decision thereon has been conveyed to the petitioners. He, therefore, prays that the same C.W.P. No. 9637 of 2011 2 benefits, as has been granted in LPA No. 44 of 2009, be granted to the petitioners within some specified time. He further states that the petitioners would not claim any arrears. In view of the statement made by the counsel for the petitioners and if that be the position, the writ petition is disposed of with directions to The Director, Local Self Government, Punjab-respondent No. 2 to consider and decide the claim of the petitioners in the light of the judgment of this Court in LPA No. 44 of 2009 titled as State of Punjab and others vs. Rajinder Pal Gauttam and others, decided on 15.02.2010 within a period of four months. The petitioners shall not be entitled to the arrears as stated by the counsel for the petitioners. In case, the claim of the petitioners is accepted, the consequential fixation of pay shall be granted to the petitioners within a further period of two months. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) May 27, 2011 JUDGE pj