IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.15368 of 2011 Date of Decision : August 23, 2011. Hans Raj Mirok .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.P.S.Jammu, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner was selected for appointment to the post of DPE pursuant to advertisement No.2 issued in October, 2006. The petitioner was denied appointment on the ground that the diploma possessed by him is not valid. The claim of the petitioner and other candidates was accepted by this Court vide order dated 18.7.2007 passed in CWP No.5911 of 2007 (Hans Raj Mirok versus State of Punjab and others) and pursuant to the directions issued therein, the petitioner has been given appointment on 10.6.2009 whereas the candidates lower in merit had joined in the year 2006. The grievance of the petitioner is that he is entitled to the notional CWP No.15368 of 2011 [2] pay fixation at par with his juniors as well as seniority above them in the cadre of DPE as per merit. The above stated relief has been sought by the petitioner vide a legal notice dated 4.7.2011 (Annexure P-4) but the respondents are yet to respond to the same. The facts would speak for themselves that the above mentioned claim of the petitioner requires serious consideration by the authorities. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to respondent Nos.1 & 2 to consider the above-stated claim as contained in the aforementioned legal notice dated 4.7.2011 and dispose of the same by passing speaking order within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. August 23, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE