IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:04.02.2026 Shankar Pal ….Petitioner vs.

Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh and others ….Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present: Mr. Jagdeep Jaswal, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Ritesh Watts, Advocate for Mr. M.S.Batth, Advocate for the respondents ***

JAGMOHAN BANSAL, J. (ORAL)

1. The petitioners through instant petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India is seeking direction to respondents to regularize him as per policy dated 13.03.2015 framed by Chandigarh Administration and followed by Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh.

2. The petitioner retired on 31.08.2025. He is claiming regularization on the basis of judgments of Hon’ble Supreme Court in Secretary, State of Karnataka & Others. vs. Umadevi & Others, (2006) 4 SCC 1 and Chandigarh Administration and another vs. Sampat Singh and others, Civil Appeal No. 6779 of 2009. He is further claiming that Municipal Corporation has adopted regularization policy dated 13.03.2015 of Chandigarh Administration.

3. The petitioner remained in service for more than 10 years after passing of aforesaid judgments and policy framed by U.T. A