IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 12.02.2026 Sham Lal Grover …..Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present : Mr. Dilshad Singh Gill, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Surya Kumar, A.A.G., Punjab.

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NAMIT KUMAR, J. (ORAL)

1. The petitioner has invoked the writ jurisdiction of this Court under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus, directing the respondents to implement the order dated 03.03.2006 (Annexure P-3), whereby the petitioner’s pay was ordered to be fixed at par with his junior and consequently grant all consequential benefits including re-fixation of salary and pension along with release of arrears with interest.

2. Brief facts, as have been pleaded in the petition, are that the petitioner, who was an employee of the Punjab Government, retired from service on 30.11.2004. While he was in service, he had submitted a representation dated 16.01.2001 (Annexure P-1) seeking pay protection on the ground that his junior, namely Sh. Hardev Singh, was promoted on 30.01.1989 and his pay was fixed higher than that of the petitioner. The sai