IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-14163-2025 Date of Decision: 16.05.2025 NAVEEN KUMAR ..... PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS ....RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA Present: Mr. Sandeep Thakan, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Harish Rathee, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana.

TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA , J. (ORAL)

The petition has been filed inter alia seeking a writ of certiorari quashing the order, dated 03.11.2023, Annexure P-10, whereby petitioner’s representations, dated 12.08.2017, 28.07.2018 and 12.07.2019, Annexure P-3, Annexure P-6 and Annexure P-8, respectively, filed against the adverse remarks recorded in ACRs for the year 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 have been rejected. Further, a writ of mandamus has been sought seeking directions to the respondents to expunge the adverse remarks in ACRs for the aforementioned years.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that his representations seeking expunction of adverse remarks remained pending with the second respondent for a long period before the decision could be taken vide the impugned order, therefore, the order is bad in law and needs to be set aside.

3. Learned St