IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Serial No.213 CWP-15881-2022 Decided on:-05.09.2025 Dr. Sheela Bathla …Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA Present: Mr. R. K. Malik, Senior Advocate with Mr. Anshul Labana, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Aakash Singla, Additional Advocate General, Haryana.

Mr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Advocate for respondents no.3 and 4.

TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA, J.(ORAL)

The petition has been filed inter alia seeking a writ of certiorari quashing the order dated 24.03.2022, Annexure P-6, whereby the second respondent has declined to count the past service rendered by the petitioner from 04.12.2002 to 04.06.2012 in the respondent SNRLJR Girls College Lohar Majra, Kurukshetra, for granting senior scale and selection grade of pay under Career Advancement Scheme (for short, ‘CAS’). Further, a writ of mandamus has been sought directing the respondents to count the service towards the benefits claimed and release the arrears with interest.

2. As per the averments in the petition, the petitioner was appointed as Lecturer in Sanskrit in the respondent College “in the grade and usual allowances sanctione