IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 13.02.2025 DINESH KUMAR ...... Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA THROUGH ITS CHIEF SECRETARY AND OTHERS ...... Respondents

2. CWP-27278 of 2022 (O&M)

SARVANAND KUMAR GUPTA ...... Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA THROUGH ITS CHIEF SECRETARY AND OTHERS ...... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI Present :- Mr. Imtiyaz Hussian, Advocate for the petitioner in both cases.

Mr. Saurabh Girdhar, AAG, Haryana.

Mr. S. K. Sharma, Advocate and Mr. Rajat Sharma, Advocate for respondent No.3 in both cases. Mr. Amit Kumar, Advocate for Mr. Gopal Sharma, Advocate for respondents No.4 and 5 in both cases.

Mr. Bharat Bhushan, Advocate for respondent No.6 in CWP-27278 of 2022.

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Harsimran Singh Sethi, J. (Oral)

1. By this common order, two writ petitions, the details of which have been given in the heading, are being decided as both these petitions involve the same question of law on similar facts and the facts are being 2. Written statement on behalf of respondents No.4 and 5 (in CWP-27829 of 2022) filed in Court today and the same is taken on record subject to just exceptions.

3. In the present petition,