C.W.P.No. 18649 of 2009. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P.No. 18649 of 2009. DECIDED ON : 7.12.2009. Ram Lal Garg etc. Petitioners. VERSUS State of Haryana and etc. Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Mr. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI. Present:- Mr. Vikram Singh, Advocate, for the petitioners. PERMOD KOHLI,J. Notice of motion for 18.1.2010. Mr. Ravi Dutt Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. The petitioners were appointed as Junior Engineers in Irrigation Department since 1979. On the basis of recommendation of the Pay Commission, pay scales of the employees were revised with effect from 1.1.1986. The pay scale of Junior Engineer were also C.W.P.No. 18649 of 2009. 2 revised to 1400-2300/- and 50% Junior Engineer were entitled to scale of Rs.1640-2900/- with effect from 1.1.1986. Some Junior Engineers filed representations for removal of anomaly in the pay scales. The matter was considered and anomaly was removed from 1.1.1992. Since anomaly arose w.e.f. 1.1.1986 Junior Engineers approached this Court by way of Civil Writ Petition No. 15532 of 1994. The said writ petition was allowed on 13.8.1999 by this Court (Annexure P-2). In identical matters, similarly situated persons have also filled numerous Civil Writ Petitions. The petitioners have served a legal notice Annexure P-7 upon the respondents. The petitioners have prayed that legal notice be decided in the light of the judgment Annexure P-2. In view of the prayer made by the petitioners, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to decide the legal notice (Anneuxre P-7) of the petitioners in the light of the judgment (Annxure P-2), within a period of three months. 07.12.2009. (PERMOD KOHLI ) Anoop JUDGE