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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
HARPREET SINGH BRAR
Narinder Kumar – Appellant
Versus
Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J.
CM-4780-CWP-2026
1. This application has been filed under Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 seeking preponement of date of hearing from 21.07.2026 to some earlier date, on the ground that case of the applicant- petitioner is squarely covered by the judgment dated 12.02.2026 (Annexure P- 29) rendered by this Court in CWP-11499-2022 titled as Jarnail Singh Vs. Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and others along with one another writ petition i.e. CWP-12240-2022.
2. Notice of the application to non-applicants/respondents.
3. Mr. M.S. Longia, Advocate, who is present in the Court, accepts notice on behalf of the non-applicants/respondents. He is not in a position to distinguish the case of the applicant-petitioner from that of the petitioner(s) in Jarnail Singh’s case (supra).
4. In view of the above, present application is allowed and date of hearing is preponed from 21.07.2026 to today. The main petition is taken up for final disposal today itself.
CWP-16262-2024
5. Instant writ petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari seeking quashing of impugned pay f
Recovery cannot be initiated beyond the period of five years from the allegedly offending event.
Long-standing pay fixation and in-charge promotions cannot be retrospectively disturbed post-retirement without fraud, notice, or statutory authority.
Couty of the considered view that the impugned order dated 27.11.2017 is wrong, illegal and arbitrary, as it does not have the backing of any rule or applicable service condition behind it.
The court established that the petitioners were entitled to the higher pay scale as per the Government Resolutions and that the recovery initiated by the respondents was unjust, illegal, and arbitrar....
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