IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (I) CWP-17020-2022 Reserved on: April 09, 2025 Pronounced on : July 08, 2025 GURBHEJ SINGH -PETITIONER V/S STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS -RESPONDENTS (II) CWP-16976-2022 ANGREJ SINGH -PETITIONER V/S STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS -RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. P.S. Ahluwalia, Advocate with Ms. Bhavi Kapur, Advocate for the petitioner (in both writ petitions).

Mr. Pardeep Bajaj, D.A.G., Punjab.

Ms./Mrs. Puneeta Sethi, Sr. Panel Counsel for the respondent(s)-U.O.I.

Mr. Gaurav Singla, Advocate for respondent No.3 (in both writ petitions).

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KULDEEP TIWARI, J.

1. Both these writ petitions are amenable for being decided through a common verdict, on account of theirs enveloping a common prayer and a common issue for adjudication. For the sake of brevity and convenience, the facts are being extracted from CWP-17020-2022.

2. The hereinafter enumerated directions, as embodied in the order dated 13.06.2022 drawn by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (hereinafter referred to as the ‘National Commission’), caused pain to the petitioner and consequently propelled him to institute thereagainst the instant w