IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

118 CWP-37898-2025 Date of Decision : January 20, 2026 SD PUBLIC SCHOOL -PETITIONER V/S APPELLATE AUTHORITY CUM DEPUTY LABOUR COMMISSIONER AND ANOTHER -RESPONDENTS

119 CWP-37908-2025 SD PUBLIC SCHOOL -PETITIONER V/S APPELLATE AUTHORITY CUM DEPUTY LABOUR COMMISSIONER AND ANOTHER -RESPONDENTS

120 CWP-37976-2025 SD PUBLIC SCHOOL -PETITIONER V/S APPELLATE AUTHORITY CUM DEPUTY LABOUR COMMISSIONER AND ANOTHER -RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Dinesh Rawat, Advocate (Through V.C.)

for the petitioner.

Mr. Bhupender Singh, Addl. A.G., Haryana.

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KULDEEP TIWARI, J. (ORAL)

1. All these writ petitions are amenable for being decided through a common verdict on account of theirs inhering a common question of law for consideration. For the sake of brevity and convenience, the prayer clause is extracted from CWP-37898-2025.

2. The relief yearned for in this writ petition appertains to quashing of the order dated 01.10.2025, whereby the appeal(s) filed by the petitioner, under Section 7(7) of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, were dismissed by the respondent No.1- Appellate Authority on the ground of theirs being suff