Punjab-Haryana High Court
Harjit Singh And Others vs Pepsu Road Transport Corporation, ... on 25 April, 2024
Neutral Citation No:=2024:PHHC:056241
CWP No.9371 of 2024 (O&M) 1
2024:PHHC:056241
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT
CHANDIGARH
116
CWP No.9371 of 2024 (O&M)
Date of decision: 25.04.2024
Harjit Singh and others
....Petitioners
Versus
Pepsu Road Transport Corporation and others
....Respondents
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR
Present: Mr. S.S. Salar, Advocate
for the petitioners.
NAMIT KUMAR J. (Oral)
1. Prayer in this writ petition filed by the petitioners under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, is for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus, directing the respondents to pay the difference of salary w.e.f. 22.03.2010 upto date and pay the salary after giving proficiency step up increments and other benefits along with interest and to grant him pension under the Old Pension Scheme.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner relies upon the judgment dated 26.02.2024 passed in CWP No.24567 of 2015 and other connected cases and confines his prayer for deciding legal notice dated 10.01.2024 (Annexure P-5). He submits that at this stage, petitioner would be satisfied, if the said legal notice is decided by passing a speaking order within a time bound frame.
4. Notice of motion.
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5. Mr. Arun Sharma, Advocate for Mr. Abhilaksh Gaind, Advocate, accepts notice on behalf of respondents and has no objection to the innocuous prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner.
6. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the record of the case.
7. Keeping in view the limited prayer addressed at the time of arguments, facts and circumstances of the case but without expressing any opinion on the merits of the controversy, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.1 to expeditiously decide legal notice dated 10.01.2024 (Annexure P-5), submitted by the petitioner by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of 03 months from receipt of certified copy of this order. Benefits, if any, found due to the petitioner shall be released expeditiously preferably within a period of 04 weeks thereafter.
(NAMIT KUMAR)
JUDGE
25.04.2024
yakub
Whether speaking/reasoned: Yes/No
Whether reportable: Yes/No
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