IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 01.12.2025 Pronounced on: 12.12.2025 Uploaded on: 12.12.2025 State of Punjab and another ......Petitioners Versus Punjab State Commission for Scheduled Castes and others ......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Argued by: Mr. Swapan Shorey, DAG, Punjab, for the petitioners.

None for respondent No.1.

Mr. Mandeep K. Saajan, Advocate, and Mr. Vikram K. Bishnoi, Advocate, for respondents No.2 and 3.

NAMIT KUMAR, J.

1. The State of Punjab through Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Finance, Punjab, and Director, Directorate of Treasuries and Accounts (T&A), Department of Finance, Punjab, has approached this Court by filing the instant petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of certiorari for quashing the order dated 22.09.2021 (Annexure P-1), passed by the Punjab State Commission for Scheduled Castes (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Commission’) whereby the complaint filed by respondents No.2 and 3 has been accepted and it has been directed to promote them to the post of Senior Assistant against two of the three vacancies reserved for Scheduled Castes during the year