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

Madan Lal Sethi ... Petitioner VS.

State of Haryana & Ors. ... Respondents ****

1. Judgment reserved on 27.01.2026 2. Judgment pronounced on 23.03.2026 3. Judgment uploaded on 25.03.2026

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. Abhishek Sethi, Advocate, Ms. Richa Sethi, Advocate and Mr. Tej Bahadur Yadav, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Ravi Dutt Sharma, DAG Haryana Mr. Ravi Malik, Advocate for respondents No.5&6 ****

Sandeep Moudgil, J.

Prayer (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 order dated 08.08.2018 (Annexure P6) passed by respondent No.4 whereby the objections filed by petitioner for finalization of tentative seniority list of Clerks dated 17.05.1999 in the office of Deputy Commissioner, Panipat w.e.f. 31.10.1989, have been rejected. A further direction is sought to make the tentative seniority list of clerks as final w.e.f. 31.10.1989 and grant consequential benefits to the pet