IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 10755 of 2009 Date of decision : 03.10.2011 Dr. Harinder Kumar ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and another ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. V.K. Shukla, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. B.S. Chahal, DAG Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) The petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus to direct the respondents to grant benefit of placement in higher pay scale of `14300- 18150 as petitioner has completed 14 years of regular service in consonance of second schedule of Punjab Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 1998, Annexure P-1. Learned State counsel points out at the outset that notice, Annexure P-3 served by the petitioner is already under consideration and a speaking order shall be passed thereon expeditiously after considering all the pleas raised therein. In view of statement made by learned State counsel no cause of action survives in this petition at this stage. It is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file afresh in case any cause of action survives. October 03, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE