IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

234 Date of Decision: January 29, 2026 Kashmir Singh .....Petitioner VERSUS Managing Director, PRTC, Patiala and another ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present : Mr. Jagjit Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Anupam Singla, Advocate for respondent No.1.

Mr. Ajay Singla, Advocate for respondent No.2.

HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (Oral)

1. The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of an appropriate writ or order in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to release the pension of the petitioner.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the petitioner joined the service of respondent No.1 as an Assistant Tyreman on 17.07.1979. Thereafter, a false case was registered against him under Section 15 of the NDPS Act on 02.10.2007. Ultimately, the petitioner was acquitted by the learned Trial Court. Aggrieved by the disciplinary action, including his dismissal from service, the petitioner filed CWP No.17187 of 2013, titled as Kashmir Singh Versus Pepsu Roadways Transport Corporation and others, decided on 15.10.2018 (Ann