213 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 02.07.2025 State of Haryana and others …Appellants Versus Late Sh. Vijayant Kumar (since deceased)

through LRs and another …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV PRAKASH SHARMA HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE MEENAKSHI I. MEHTA Present:- Mr. Hitesh Pandit, Additional AG, Haryana, for the appellants-State.

Mr. Lalit Rishi, Advocate, for the LRs of respondent No.1.

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SANJEEV PRAKASH SHARMA J.(Oral)

The challenge in this appeal is to the order passed by learned Single Judge on 06.02.2020 in CWP No.2429 of 2017 whereby the writ- petition filed by the petitioner who expired during the pendency of the writ- petition, and was entrusted through his legal representatives, was allowed and the learned Single Judge has directed as under:-

“Since, the benefit is being allowed as above, this Court need not go into the second argument of learned counsel for the petitioner to count his suspension period having been converted into leave of the kind due towards the qualifying service in view of the Rule 14, Chapter IV of Haryana Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2016.

Accordingly, in view of the above, the present writ petition is