Kamaljeet Singh vs State Of Haryana - 2025 Supreme(P&H) 1005

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2025 Supreme(P&H) 1005

PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH
JAGMOHAN BANSAL
Kamaljeet Singh – Appellant
Versus
State Of Haryana – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Parties :Mr. Sunil K. Nehra, Advocate, Mr. Rahil Mahajan, Advocate, Mr. Robin Lohan, Advocate, Mr. Viren Nehra, Advocate, Mr. Arjun Dosanj, Advocate, Ms. Meghna Nehra, Advocate Mr. Virender Gill, Advocate for Mr. Jasbir Mor, Advocate Mr. Dinesh Kumar Advocate and Mr. Dharamjit, Advocate Mr. Satender Kumar, Advocate and Mr. Vinay Malik, Advocate Mr. Saurabh Bhatia, Advocate, Mr. Manjot S. Khokhar, Advocate and Ms. Kuljinder S. Billing, Advocate Mr. Manoj Sharma, Advocate Mr. Vishal Aggarwal, Advocate and Mr. Kritin Jain, Advocate Ms. Shruti Jain Goyal, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana Dr. K.S. Chauhan, Senior Advocate with Mr. C.R. Narwal, Advocate, Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, Advocate, Mr. Abhishek Chauhan, Advocate, Mr. Mukesh Kumar Verma, Advocate, and Mr. Dharampal Saini, Advocate Mr. Nikhil Sharma, Advocate for Mr. Rajvir Singh Sihag, Advocate Mr. A.S. Virk, Advocate Mr. Deepam Raghav, Advocate Mr. Abhishek K. Premi, Advocate

JUDGMENT :

Jagmohan Bansal, J.

By this common order, the above-noted petitions are hereby adjudicated as issues involved and prayers sought in all the petitions are common. For the sake of convenience and with the consent of parties, the facts are borrowed from CWP No.24608 of 2023.

2. The petitioners through instant petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India are seeking setting aside of instruction dated 07.10.2023 (Annexure P-2).

By aforesaid instructions, the State Government has made provision for reservation in Group 'A' & 'B' posts for Scheduled Castes. For the ready reference, the impugned instructions are reproduced hereinbelow:

'No. 22/56/2023-5 HR-III

HARYANA GOVERNMENT

HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

(HUMAN RESOURCES-III BRANCH)

Dated Chandigarh, the 7th October, 2023

1. All the Administrative Secretaries to Government Haryana

2. All Heads of Departments in the State of Haryana.

3. All the Managing Directors of Boards/Corporations in the State of Haryana.

4. All the Divisional Commissioners in the State of Haryana.

5. All the District & Session Judges in the State of Haryana.

6. All the Deputy Commissioners in the State of Haryana.

7. The Registrars of all the Universitie