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

Ranjit Singh & Anr. ... Petitioners VS.

Union of India & Ors. ... Respondents ****

1. Judgment reserved on 08.01.2026 2. Judgment pronounced on 16.02.2026 3. Judgment uploaded on 19.02.2026

4. Whether operative or full judgment Full 5. Delay in pronouncement of full judgment and reasons, if any NA ****

CORAM: HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SANDEEP MOUDGIL ****

Present: Mr. Ashok Sharma Nabhewala, Advocate and Ms. Gauri Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Ashish Rawal, Advocate for respondent No.1 Mr. KK Gupta, Advocate for respondents No.2&3 ****

Sandeep Moudgil, J.

(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 decision dated 01.02.2017 (Annexure P1) rejecting the claim of the petitioners for regularization, who are working as casual workers in the Punjab Region Office of FCI since 1986-87. A further direction is sought to regularize the services of the petitioner w.e.f. 06.11.1995 or the date of DOPT instructions dated 10.09.1993 along with all consequential benefits.

(2). Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that