IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 28.01.2026 Shivani ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present: Mr. Bikramjit S. Patwalia, Advocate, and Mr. Gaurav Jagota, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Swapan Shorey, DAG, Punjab.

NAMIT KUMAR J. (Oral)

1. Instant writ petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to regularize the services of the petitioner on the post of Technical Supervisor and to grant all consequential and actual benefits w.e.f. expiry of three years of service from the original date of appointment in terms of policy instructions dated 18.03.2011 (Annexure P-3) issued by the State of Punjab; directing the respondents to grant all consequential benefits including arrears of pay and salary as admissible including fixation of pay to the petitioner. Further prayer has been made that during the pendency of the present writ petition and subject to final outcome of the same, the services of the petitioner may be allowed to continue and her services may not be replaced by another set of contractual employees keeping in view the facts that the petitioner is continuing in service from the past more than 15 years and status quo qua her services be granted.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is working as Technical Supervisor since 2011. The said appointment was made after following the due procedure of law. He further submits that complying with the directions issued in CWP- 19307 of 2020 – Darshan Kumar and others v. State of Punjab and another decided on 21.05.2025, similarly situated persons like the petitioner, who were also appointed along with the petitioner, have been regularized by the respondents vide order dated 16.11.2025 (Annexure P-11). Thereafter, services of various other Staff Nurses have also been regularized on completion of three years of service vide order dated 16.11.2025 (Annexure P-12) following the dictum of this Court in CWP-11499 of 2021 – Rakhal and others v. State of Punjab and others decided on 09.01.2025 and CWP-11427 of 2015 – Sukhjad Singh and others v. State of Punjab and others decided on 19.12.2018, which has been upheld upto the Hon’ble Supreme Court. He further submits that the petitioner has submitted representation dated 22.12.2025 (Annexure P-14), which is still pending consideration with the respondents. He further submits that the petitioner would be satisfied if time-bound directions are issued to respondent No.2 to consider the claim of the petitioner for regularization, as claimed in the said representation.

3. Notice of motion.

4. Mr. Swapan Shorey, DAG, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents and has no objection to the innocuous prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner.

5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the record of the case.

6. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider and decide the representation dated 22.12.2025 (Annexure P-14) in the light of judgments in Darshan Kumar (supra) and Rakhal (supra) and by considering the orders dated 16.11.2025 (Annexures P- 11 and P-12), within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of the order.

(NAMIT KUMAR)

28.01.2026 JUDGE R.S.