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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 09.02.2026 State of Punjab and another .... Appellants Versus Kashmira Singh .... Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present: Mr. Satnampreet Singh Chauhan, DAG, Punjab, for the appellants.

Mr. Naresh Kumar, Advocate, for the respondent.

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NAMIT KUMAR, J. (ORAL)

1. The instant Regular Second Appeal has been directed by the State of Punjab against the judgments and decrees passed by the courts below whereby the claim of the respondent-plaintiff for grant of selection grade at par with Jodh Singh has been accepted.

2. Parties to the lis hereinafter shall be referred to as per their original position before the learned Trial Court.

3. Briefly stated, the plaintiff filed a suit for mandatory injunction, seeking directions to the State of Punjab and District Education Officer, Hoshiarpur, to grant him selection grade prior to 11.04.1963, on which date, the same was granted to one Pritam Chand, who was at serial No.92 of the seniority list prepared on the basis of re-fixation of his seniority from serial No.89 to serial No.72. The plaintiff was appointed as a regular Drawing Master in the Education D