IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (221) CWP-29772-2024 Date of Decision : September 03, 2025 Chandigarh Administration and others .. Petitioners Versus Pooja and another .. Respondents (221-A) CWP-30468-2024 Chandigarh Administration and others .. Petitioners Versus Pushpendra Kumar Yadav and another .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS SURI Present: Mr. Sumeet Jain, Addl. Standing Counsel and Mr. Himanshu Arora, Advocate, for the petitioners in both petitions.

Mr. Yashdeep Nain, Advocate, for respondent No.1 in CWP-29772-2024. (joined through VC)

Mr. R.S. Dadwal, Advocate, for Mr. Sandeep Siwatch, Advocate, for respondent No.1 in CWP-30468-2024.

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 disposed of as both the petitions involve the same question of law on similar facts.

2. In the present writ petitions, the challenge is to the order dated 11.07.2024 (Annexure P-5) passed by the respondent No.2-Central Administrative Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as ‘Tribunal’) by which, claim of resp