IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

217 CWP-7204-2023 Date of Decision: February 26, 2026 Satnam Singh and others .....Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present : Mr. Bhavesh Ola, Advocate for Mr. Parvez Chugh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Vikas Sonak, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. Navkesh Singh, Advocate for respondent No.3.

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HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (Oral)

1. The present civil writ petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to grant the salary in the higher scale to the petitioners for the posts of SDO and Junior Engineer for the period they had worked on the said posts as Additional Charge and all consequential benefits by revising their salaries and pay to them the arrears so accruing to them with interest thereon. A further writ in the nature of mandamus is sought directing the respondents to decide the legal notice dated 23.02.2023 (Annexure P-8) within some stipulated time period.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners inter alia contends that the petitioners are employees of the Respondent