IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.8638 of 1993 Date of Decision : February 18, 2010. Sudesh Kumar Gupta .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Ms.Maninder, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms.Charu Tuli, Senior DAG, 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) In this civil writ petition, the petitioner seeks a direction for re-fixation of his pay at a higher stage so as to bring him at par with his immediate junior. The respondents have filed their counter-affidavits. The matter was thereafter adjourned to await the decision in LPA No.848 of 1992. The said appeal was preferred by the persons who, like the petitioner, were working as Punjabi Stenography Instructors. The said appeal has been allowed by a Division Bench of this Court vide judgment dated 3.12.2001 in the following terms:- “In the result, the appeal is allowed. The order of the learned Single Judge is modified and the respondents are directed to fix the pay of the appellants C.W.P.No .8638 of 1993 2 in the pay scales of Rs.200-450 with effect from 1.2.1968 and Rs.225-500 with effect from 1.2.1971. However, the appellants shall not be entitled to arrears beyond a period of 38 months preceding the date of filing of the writ petition. The respondents are directed to notionally fix their pay in the pay scales mentioned above and give them monetary benefit in terms of this order within a period of 6 months from the date of submission of certified copy of this order.” The writ petition is accordingly disposed of in terms of the decision dated 3.12.2001 passed in L.P.A. No.848 of 1992 (Sawinder Singh and others versus State of Punjab and another. Dasti. 18-02-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE