118 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 28.01.2026 Sunita Devi alias Sunita Rani ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Arihant Goyal, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Vikas Arora, DAG, Punjab.

Mr. Kunwar, Advocate for respondent No.4.

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 the impugned order dated 11.08.2023 (Annexure P-13) vide which the entitlement of the petitioner for counting of service rendered by her before 01.01.2004 for counting the same towards retiral benefits has been rejected without any sufficient reason by taking the ground that the petitioner was a part time employee. Further, for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent-authorities to grant pension under the Old Pension Scheme as per law laid down by this Court in CWP No.2371 of 2010 titled as ‘Harbans Lal Vs. State of Punjab and others’ decided on 31.08.2010 and to allot the GPF account number and to make the payme