IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

202 Date of decision: 12.02.2026 Gurmit Singh .....Appellant Versus The State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present : Ms. Nikita Goel, Advocate for Mr. Prateek Mahajan, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. Surya Kumar, AAG, Punjab.

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NAMIT KUMAR, J. (ORAL)

1. The appellant/plaintiff has filed the instant Regular Second Appeal challenging the judgments and decrees dated 06.11.1995 and 28.01.1998, passed by the learned Trial Court and the First Appellate Court respectively, whereby the suit and the first appeal filed by the plaintiff have been dismissed.

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

3. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that the plaintiff was working as Assistant/Inspector under the Punjab Government since 05.12.1973, with the Director, Local Government, Punjab, being his appointing and punishing authority. He was deputed to various Municipal Committees, where his salary was paid from municipal funds under the directions of the Director, Local Government, Punjab, Chandigarh. In the year 1985, the plaintif