IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 07.01.2025 EX CONSTABLE JOGINDER SINGH …. PETITIONER V/S STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS …. RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present : Mr.Harjeet Singh Minhas, Advocate and Mr. Rajat Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Aman Dhir, DAG, Punjab.

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JAGMOHAN BANSAL, J. (Oral)

1. The petitioner through instant petition under Articles

226/227 of the Constitution of India is seeking setting aside of;

(i) order dated 30.06.2013 (Annexure P-14) whereby he was dismissed from service;

(ii) orders dated 26.05.2014 (Annexure P-16), 23.04.2015/11.05.2015 (Annexure P-17) and 06.02.2019 (Annexure P-22) whereby appeal, revision and mercy petition respectively filed by him were dismissed.

2. The petitioner joined Punjab Police on 01.02.1992. On account of repeated absence from duty, he was subjected to punishment on multiple occasions which included stoppage of his 18 years’ annual increments, 05 times warnings and 10 times physical punishment. He was dismissed from service vide order dated 04.10.2010. He preferred an appeal before the Appellate Authority which vide order dated 20.05.2011 set aside order of dismi