2025 Supreme(Online)(P&H) 2775
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
SURESHWAR THAKUR, VIKAS SURI, JJ
State of Punjab – Appellant
Versus
Karamjeet Kaur – Respondent
Advocates appeared:
For the Parties :Mr. Gagneshwar Walia, Addl. AG, Punjab. Mr. Vikas Singh, Advocate for the petitioner in LPAs-450 and 1105-2021. Mr. Sudhir Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner in CWP-27015-2021. Mr. D.S.Patwalia, Sr. Advocate assisted by Mr. Gaurav Rana, Advocate for the appellant in LPA-2003-2019. Mr. Lupil Gupta, Advocate for the petitioners in LPA-1843-2019 and CWP-2438-2021 and for respondent No.8 in LPA-561-2021. Mr. Kapil Kakkar, Advocate and Mr. Shreesh Kakkar, Advocate for the respondents in LPA-129-2021. Ms. Alka Chatrath, Advocate and Mr. Nikhil Singh, Advocate for the respondents in LPAs-381, 128, 197, 198, 533 of 2021 and 856-2020. Mr. R.S.Bajaj, Advocate for the applicants in CMs-95-96- LPA- 2021 in LPA-1843-2019. Mr. B.S.Rana, Sr. Advocate assisted by Mr. Manav Dhull, Advocate for respondent No.3 in LPA-128-2021. Mr. Amit Kumar Ganga, Advocate for respondent No.1 in LPA-157-2021. Mr. Anurag Goyal, Advocate and Mr. Amit Rao, Advocate for the respondent in LPA-529-2021. Mr. Vipin Mahajan, Advocate and Ms. Chandanpreet Kaurah Lawalia, Advocate for respondent No.1 in LPA-116-2021. Mr. Arshdeep Singh, Advocate for Mr. Tarun Vir Singh, Advocate for the respondent-UGC. Mr. Ritesh Aggarwal, Advocate for the respondents in LPAs-857-2020, 213, 465, 213 & 501-2021. Mr. Vaibhav Narang, Advocate for respondent No.3 in LPA-242-2021. Mr. Charanpal Singh Bagri, Advocate for respondent in LPA-293-2021. Mr. Sonu Bhatia, Advocate for Mr. Madhav Pokhrel, Advocate for respondents No.5 in LPA-561-20221 and for respondent No.8 in LPA-606-2020. Mr. Dheeraj Mahajan, Advocate for respondent No. 4 in LPA-516-2025. Mr. Ankit Bhardwaj, Advocate with Mr. B.S.Jaswal, Advocate for the respondent in LPA-466-2021. Mr. S.S.Sarwara, Advocate for respondents No.1 and 2 in LPA-645-2023. Mr. Khushika Setia, Advocate for the respondent in LPA-1843-2019. Mr. A.K.Walia, Advocate for the Caveator in LPA-157-2021. Mr. Rajiv Atma Ram, Sr. Advocate assisted by Mr. Ranjit Singh Kalra, Advocate and Ms. Shreya Kaushik, Advocate for the respondents in LPAs-1843, 2003-2019, 242, 606, 465, 503, 521, 529, 561-2021. Mr. Anurag Chopra, Addl. AG, Punjab in LPAs-856-2020, 197, 213, 242, 381-2021. Mr. Prabhat Kashyap, Advocate for private respondents in LPAs-654-2020, 530 and 800-2021.
JUDGMENT :
SURESHWAR THAKUR, J.
1. Since all the instant letter patent appeals (supra) besides the writ petition(s) (supra) herein involve common questions of facts and law, as such, they are liable to be decided through a common verdict.
2. For the sake of brevity, the facts of the lead appeal i.e. LPA No. 1843 of 2019 are being taken here for deciding the instant controversy.
Factual Backdrop of the case.
3. Initially, a CWP No. 11049 of 2017 titled as Karamjeet Kaur Vs. State of Punjab and Another became filed before this Court, whereins, the writ petitioner thereins sought regularization of her service alongwith all consequential benefits.
4. An advertisement was issued in the year 2011 for filling up 3442 vacancies of Masters in various subjects. The petitioner was vide order dated 31.12.2012, thus appointed as Punjabi Mistress against the apposite post(s) on contractual basis. The Government issued a notification/order dated 03.08.2015 (Annexure P-3), wherebys, it was directed to regularize the services of the employees (master and mistresses) on completion of three years of their contractual service. The claim of the petitioner herein for being regularized was rejected by the Depa
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