Chandigarh, March 6 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday summoned chief secretary and principal secretary (finance) of the Punjab government over "huge difference" in the salaries of law officers of Punjab viz a viz Haryana. The bench of justice Anupinder Singh Grewal and justice Deepak Manchanda also directed the Punjab advocate general to address the court on the issue, besides asking these officers to remain present through video-conferencing. "It has come to our notice that there is a huge difference in the salaries of the law officer(s) working in the office of the advocate general, Punjab, and those who are working in the office of advocate general in Haryana. The nature of their duties and responsibilities appear to be identical as they are arguing the cases before various bench(s) of this court," the court observed. It was dealing with some appeals on the monetary and consequential benefits of a former law officer of Punjab having served as assistant advocate general and additional advocate general. As per the order, while the AG in Punjab gets Rs.2.5 lakh salary/remuneration his Haryana counterpart gets Rs.4.5 lakh. The court found that there is a difference of Rs.1.55 lakh in the remuneration paid to senior additional advocate general - while Punjab gives Rs.1.45 lakh, Haryana gives Rs.3 lakh. As of an additional advocate general, the remuneration in Punjab is Rs.1.4 lakh and in Haryana Rs.2.7 lakh, thus a difference of Rs.1.3 lakh. In the case of senior deputy advocate general, the remuneration in Punjab is Rs.1.38 lakh while in Haryana, it is Rs.2.41 lakh - a difference of Rs.1.03 lakh. The court also found a difference of Rs.1.36 lakh in the remuneration paid to the deputy advocate general. Haryana pays Rs.2.41 lakh and Punjab Rs.1.05 lakh. As of assistant advocate general, remuneration in Punjab is Rs.75,000 and Rs.1.61 lakh in Haryana - a difference of Rs.86,000 ....