HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** ****

SHRUTI JAIN & ORS. ... PETITIONERS VS.

STATE OF HARYANA & ORS. ... RESPONDENTS

1. Judgment reserved on 03.12.2025 2. Judgment pronounced on 20.02.2026 3. Judgment uploaded on 21.02.2026

4. Whether operative or full judgment Full 5. Delay in pronouncement of full judgment NA and reasons, if any CORAM: HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SANDEEP MOUDGIL ****

Present: Ms. Shruti Jain Goyal, Advocate and Ms. Komal Klana, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. Amit Sahni, Addl. AG Haryana ****

Sandeep Moudgil, J.

Relief Sought (1). The jurisdiction of this Court has been invoked under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, for issuing a writ of certiorari quashing the impugned letter dated 09.01.2018 (Annexure P7) issued by the Finance Department, Haryana to the extent of providing pay scale of Rs.128900/- for Deputy Advocate Generals and Rs.88400/- for Assistant Advocate Generals instead of Rs.140900/- and Rs.93800/-, respectively and for quashing the letter dated 06.02.2018 (Annexure P8), notice dated 23.12.2020 (Annexure P6) and letter dated 23.06.2021 (Annexure P11) issued by respondent No.2 ordering recovery of excess salary paid to them. A