IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

217 CWP-7831-2020 Date of Decision: January 14, 2026 Deepak Talwar .....Petitioner VERSUS Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board (HSAMB) and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present : Mr. Raman B. Garg with Mr. Mayank Garg and Mr. Navdeep Singh, Advocates for the petitioner.

Mr. Saurav Girdhar, Advocate for respondent No.1.

Mr. Ravi Yadav, Advocate for respondent No.2.

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HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (Oral)

1. The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India with a prayer for issuance of an appropriate writ or order in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned letter dated 12.03.2020 (Annexure P-6) being contrary to Rule 2.2(a) of the Punjab Civil Services Rules, Volume II as well as policy letters dated 06.02.2013 and 23.02.2016 (Annexure P-7 and P-8) respectively being violative of the principle of natural justice with further directions to refund the recovered amount along with interest @ 12% p.a.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the petitioner retired as Executive Engineer from the respondent-Board on 30.11.2006 upo