118 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 22.09.2025 Vinod Kumar Mahajan ....Petitioner Versus Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Ms. Kiran Bala Jain, Advocate and Ms. Anjali Rani, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Vikrant Pamboo, Additional A.G., Haryana.

HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (ORAL)

1. The present civil writ petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned order dated 09.01.2025 (Annexure P-6) passed by the respondents.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner inter alia contends that the petitioner was appointed as Junior Engineer in the year 1971 and he was promoted to Junior Engineer-I on 29.01.1997 and later on, as Assistant Engineer on 03.08.2005 and subsequently retired on 30.04.2007. The petitioner is placed at Serial No.197, whereas, his junior, namely, O.P. Gandhi is placed at Serial No.209 of the seniority list who is drawing a higher pay than the petitioner as discernible from the memo/letter dated 02.12.2016 (Annexure P-2). The petitioner is entitled to re-fix