102 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ****

Date of Decision:29.01.2026 HARSH YADAV ....PETITIONER(S)

VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS ….RESPONDENT(S) CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHIT KAPOOR Present: Mr. S. S. Khokher, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Raman B. Garg, Advocate with Mr. Mayank Garg, Advocate Mr. Navdeep Singh, Advocate Ms. Komal Parveen Singh, Advocate for respondent No.6.

Mr. Nilesh Bhardwaj, Advocate and Ms. Vanshika Daaria, Advocate for respondent No.7-University.

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ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA, J. (Oral)

1. This petition has been filed challenging the instructions dated 15.07.2014, contained in Annexure P-4, issued by the Government of Haryana providing for subdivision of 3% reservation for the Ex- servicemen/Freedom Fighters category. The policy provides for splitting the said 3% reservation by allocating 1% to the General Category, 1% to Scheduled Castes, and 1% to the Backward Classes.

2. The petitioner contends that such categorization of 3% horizontal reservation seats violates the principles laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Indra Sawhney vs. Union of India, 1992 Supp. (3) SCC 217, as well as the judg