IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-26453-2025 (O&M)

Date of decision: 08.09.2025 Sanjeev Kumar and others ....Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Ranjivan Singh, Advocate with Mr. Risham Raag Singh, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Piyush Khanna, Addl. A.G., Haryana for respondents No.1 to 3.

Mr. Surinder Choudhary, Advocate for respondent No.6.

Mr. Sukhdeep Singh Parmar, Advocate for respondent No.7.

HARPREET SINGH BRAR J. (Oral)

1. The present Civil Writ Petition is preferred under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India for the issuance of the following writs, orders, and directions:

(A) A Writ of Certiorari for quashing the impugned Letter dated 07.05.2025 (Annexure P-28) issued by Respondent No. 2, whereby the proposal for extension of 33 contractual employees, including the Petitioners, for four months from 01.04.2025 to 31.07.2025 was declined, and to further quash the action of the Respondents for not granting an extension up to 30.09.2025, which is illegal, arbitrary, unjust, discriminatory, and in violation of Articles 14 & 16 of the Constitution, especially