124 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 11.12.2025 Mohit Kumar ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Amardeep Singh Mann, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Sukhdeep Parmar, Advocate for respondent No.3.

HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (ORAL)

1. The present civil writ petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing of the impugned action of respondent No.4, whereby, the petitioner has been retrenched on 31.03.2025 from the services without giving any relieving order or any order in writing which is arbitrary and violating Articles 14, 16 & 311 of the Constitution of India. Further, for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing respondent No.4 to allow the petitioner to join his duty.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner inter alia contends that the petitioner was appointed as Animal Attendant (Class-IV) on 06.07.2021 through an outsourcing agency. He was later brought under Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam Limited (in short ‘HKRNL’) w.e.f. 01.04.2022 and his deployment was e