IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-23937-2025 (O&M)

Date of decision: 22.09.2025 Sadhu Singh Gill and another ....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Birinder Pal, Advocate for the petitioners.

Ms. Niharika Sharma, AAG, Punjab.

HARPREET SINGH BRAR J. (Oral)

1. Prayer in this writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, is for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari, for quashing the order dated 24.07.2025 (Annexure P-10) passed by respondent No.2 whereby in complete disregard of the settled law and by wrongly invoking the principle of ‘No Work No Pay’, the arrears of salaries as admissible to petitioners have been denied. Further a writ of mandamus has been sought, directing the respondents to refund the salaries illegally recovered from the petitioners amounting to Rs.3,00,508/- and Rs.99,948/-, respectively along with interest and to pay the due salaries to the petitioners for the remaining period of their service tenure i.e. till 31.03.2021 in case of petitioner No.1 and

21.04.2022 in case of petitioner No.2.

2. The brief facts of the case are