126 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:08.09.2025 Himat Kumar …Petitioner vs.

State of Punjab and others …Respondents Coram : Hon’ble Mr. Justice N.S.Shekhawat Present : Mr. Vipin Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Anil Sharma, Advocate for respondent No.1.

Mr. Swapan Shorey, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab.

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N.S.Shekhawat J. (Oral)

1. The petitioner has filed the present petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India with a prayer to issue a writ in the nature of Certiorari for quashing the order/direction by the respondents, whereby the parallel enquiry into the complaint filed by the private respondents has been initiated by Local Complaint Committee. It is further prayed that the enquiry in the present case may be conducted by the Internal Complaints Committee only, which is authorized Committee to hold inquiry in view of the provisions of Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (hereinafter refer to as POSH Act, 2013).

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that on the basis of a complaint filed by respondents No.6 to 14, an enquiry was initiated by Internal Complain