IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 19.02.2026 Jasvir Singh and another ......Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present: - Mr. Inder Preet Singh, Advocate, and Mr. Didar Singh, Advocate, for the petitioners.

Mr. Surya Kumar, AAG, Punjab. Mr. Arshdeep Bhullar, Advocate, for respondent No.3.

NAMIT KUMAR, J. (ORAL)

1. Instant petition has been filed by the petitioners under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to grant them the minimum of the pay scale i.e. basic pay + grade pay + dearness allowance as revised from time to time at par with their regular counterparts, instead of fixed consolidated salary from the date(s) of their initial contractual appointment(s) with consequential arrears along with interest @ 12% per annum in view of law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in State of Punjab and others v. Jagjit Singh and others, 2016(4) SCT 641 and followed by this Court in CWP-

26367 of 2018 – Pritpal Kaur and others v. State of Punjab and another decided 25.11.2024

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that to claim the aforesaid benefit petitioners have served legal notice dated 10.12.2025 (Annexure P-2) upon the respondents, however, neither the same has been replied nor the said benefits have been released to the petitioners. Learned counsel for the petitioners confines his prayer for deciding legal notice dated 10.12.2025 (Annexures P-2) and submits that at this stage, petitioners would be satisfied, if the said legal notice is considered and decided by passing a speaking order in a time-bound frame.

3. Notice of motion.

4. Mr. Surya Kumar, AAG, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of respondents No.1, 2 and 4 and Mr. Arshdeep Bhullar, Advocate, accepts notice on behalf of respondent No.3 and they have no objection to the innocuous prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioners.

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 or the claim being made by the petitioners in the present petition, respondent No.3 is directed to consider and decide the claim made by the petitioners in the legal notice dated 10.12.2025 (Annexure P-2) in accordance with law, by passing a speaking order within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. In case, the petitioners are found entitled, necessary benefits be released within a period of one month thereafter.

7. The petition stands disposed of.

(NAMIT KUMAR)

19.02.2026 JUDGE R.S.

Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes/No Whether Reportable : Yes/No