PREM DATT SHARMA ETC. vs STATE OF HY.ETC.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 203/2 CWP-12921-2002 (O&M) Date of decision: May 01, 2026 PREM DATT SHARMA AND OTHERS ...Petitioners Versus STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA Present: None for the petitioners. Mr. Suneel Ranga, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana. TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA, J. (ORAL) The petition has been filed inter alia seeking a direction to the respondents to revise the petitioners’ pay as per memo dated 19.12.2000, Annexure P-3, pertaining to revision of pay scales of Head Masters of Government High Schools and grant of selection grade to Lecturers of Government Senior Secondary Schools, with effect from 01.01.1996, instead of 01.08.2000. 2. Learned State counsel, as per instructions received from the Department vide memo dated 21.04.2026, Annexure ‘A’, submits that the revised pay scale claimed by the petitioners from 01.01.1996 has already been given to them in terms of memo dated 25.03.2015, whereby grant of the benefit was generalised for the employees with effect from 01.01.1996. He further submits that the office records being very old, the Department could only verify that petitioners no.1 to