IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-27405-2025 DECIDED ON: 15.09.2025 ASHOK KUMAR ….PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS ….RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MOUDGIL.

Present: Mr. Digvijay Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Sushil Bhardwaj, Addl. AG Haryana.

SANDEEP MOUDGIL, J *****

1. The writ jurisdiction of this Court under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India has been invoked by the petitioner seeking issuance of a writ in the nature of Certiorari for quashing the impugned Annual Confidential Report (ACR) dated 08.06.2009 (Annexure P-1), along with the order dated 01.10.2009 (Annexure P-3), whereby the petitioner’s representation against the adverse remarks recorded in the ACR for the period from 01.04.2008 to 31.03.2009 was rejected. The petitioner has further prayed for issuance of a writ in the nature of Mandamus, directing the respondents to expunge the said adverse remarks, upgrade the grading for the aforesaid period, and to grant all consequential benefits flowing from such expunction and revised grading.

2. The grievance of the petitioner arises from the entry made in the ACR dated 08.06.2009, which contained adver