IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.13335 of 2004 (O&M) Date of Decision : February 04, 2010. Karnail Singh and others .....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.N.L.Sammi, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.B.S.Chahal, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. -.- 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? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioners, while seeking grant of proficiency step-up in terms of the Punjab Government Policy dated 25.9.1998 (Annexure P-4), also impugn the show cause notice dated 14.7.2004 (Annexure P-6) whereby recovery is sought to be effected after re-fixation of their pay. During the course of hearing, learned counsel for the parties jointly state that the issue involved in this writ petition stands answered by a Full Bench of this Court vide judgment dated 22.5.2009 passed in CWP No.2799 of 2008 (Budh Ram and others versus State of Haryana and others). C.W.P.No .13335 of 2004 (O&M) 2 Consequently, the writ petition is allowed in terms of Budh Ram's case (supra) and while upholding the refixation of pay/salary of the petitioners, the impugned recovery notice dated 14.7.2004 (Annexure P-6) is hereby quashed. It is further directed that if the respondents have already effected any recovery from the petitioners, the same shall be refunded to the them forthwith. Dasti. 04-02-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE