IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 102 CWP-12705-2013 Date of decision: 27.05.2025 JASBIR SINGH ......Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS .......Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ ***** Present: - Ms. Deepak Sonak, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Tapan Kumar, DAG, Haryana. ***** VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) The present writ petition has been filed raising a challenge to the order dated 29.12.2011 passed by the Superintending Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department, Ambala whereby the claim of the petitioner for grant of technical pay scale of Rs. 1200-2040 had been declined. 2. It was the specific assertion of the petitioner that the petitioner is performing the duties of Water Pump Operator since March, 1989 but his services were regularized in Group ‘D’ to the post of Pump-Attendant w.e.f. 01.02.1996. The petitioner has also acquired qualification of Matric with ITI in the year 2003. It is submitted that Pump Attendant is a technical post and as such, he was entitled to the technical pay scale under the Haryana VISHAL SHARMA 2025.05.29 15:52 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CWP-12705-2013 -2- Public Works Department, Public Health Branch, Circle Cadre Mechanical (Group-D) Service Rules, 1995. 3. The matter was eventually adjourned sine die to await outcome of L.P.A. No. 1040 of 2012 titled as “State of Haryana versus Rajbir Singh and others” where the issue of the grant of technical pay scale to the persons holding technical posts was under consideration and the said LPA was dismissed as withdrawn. The matter was adjourned sine die again on 28.03.2016 to await the outcome of CWP-11710-2014 titled as “Sarbans Singh and others versus State of Haryana and others” which such petition stands decided vide judgment dated 25.03.2025. The parties are ad idem that the instant writ petition may be disposed of with a direction to the respondents to reconsider the case of the petitioner for grant of technical pay scale in light of the judgment that has been so passed. 4. The present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent No.3-Superintending Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department, Ambala Circle, Ambala to treat the instant writ petition as a representation and to pass a fresh order with respect to the claim of the petitioner for grant of a technical pay scale in light of the judgment dated 25.03.2025 in the matter of Sarbans Singh and others (supra). (VINOD S. BHARDWAJ) MAY 27, 2025 JUDGE Vishal Sharma Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes/No Whether Reportable : Yes/No VISHAL SHARMA 2025.05.29 15:52 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document