111 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 08-01-2025 BALWINDER SINGH ........Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS ........Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI Present: Mr. Puneet Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. T.P.S Chawla, Sr. DAG Punjab.

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HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI, J. (Oral)

1. In the present petition, the grievance being raised by the petitioner is qua the order dated 22.04.2024 (Annexure P-13) whereby the claim of the petitioner to be considered under the Old Pension Scheme has been rejected.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the decision to appoint the petitioner on compassionate grounds was taken by the competent authority on 27.11.2003, copy of which has been appended as Annexure P-8 but the actual appointment letter was issued on 08.01.2004.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the claim of the petitioner to be considered under the Old Pension Scheme has been declined by the respondent only on the ground that keeping in view the Instructions dated 02.03.2004, as the petitioner was appointed after

01.01.2004, the benefit under the Old Pension Scheme cannot be granted.