Civil Writ Petition No.11332 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No.11332 of 2009 Date of Decision: July 11, 2011 Kanwalbir Singh and another .......Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others .......Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present: Mr.Arun Kaundal, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms.Anu Pal, Asstt. Advocate General, Punjab. <><><> RITU BAHRI, J. (Oral) Kanwalbir Singh, petitioner No.1 and Davinder Singh husband of Palwinder Kaur, petitioner No.2 herein have filed this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to grant them the same pay scale as was given to the petitioners in Civil Writ Petition Nos.13425 and 13426 of 1995, decided by this Court on 11.7.1996. A further prayer has also been made that the pay of petitioner No.1 and husband of petitioner No.2 may accordingly be re-fixed and consequently their pension may also be re-fixed. It has further been prayed that they may also be granted arrears that may be found payable to them in consequence of the revision of pay scale, from the date the same fell due, along with interest @ 15% per Civil Writ Petition No.11332 of 2009 2 annum. During the course of hearing today, learned counsel for the respondents has placed on record a letter dated 11.4.2011 issued by the Government of Punjab, Department of Health and Family Welfare addressed to the Director, Health and Family Welfare, Punjab, wherein it has been stated that that in view of decision taken on 29.3.2011 by the Minister Council, the pay scale of Medical Laboratory Technician, Grade-II, as indicated in the conversion table mentioned therein will automatically be implemented w.e.f. 1.1.2006 in the case of petitioner No.1 and husband of petitioner No.2 also. It has been further stated in the said letter that there was no necessity to issue a separate order in the aforesaid behalf. It has also been mentioned in para 2 of the decision dated 29.3.2011 issued by the Government of Punjab to the Advocate General, Punjab that the necessary notification in regard to above will be issued soon. In view of the above and especially the fact that the State Government has already taken decision to grant the pay scale which petitioner No.1 and husband of petitioner No.2 have been claiming in this petition, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to fix the pay scale in accordance with the decision of the Government with consequential benefits within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. ( RITU BAHRI ) JULY 11, 2011 JUDGE SRM