IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-24742-2025 Date of Decision : 24.09.2025 AVTAR SINGH AND OTHERS .....Petitioners VERSUS UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present : Mr. Raj Kaushik, Advocate, for the petitioner.

KULDEEP TIWARI . J.(Oral)

1. Through the instant writ petition filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, a prayer is made for issuance of a mandamus upon respondents to divert contributions made by the petitioners to the Employees Pension Scheme 1995 w.e.f. 16.11.1995 on the basis of actual wages drawn etc. without any upper cap with regard to the petitioners and then grant the arrears @ 18% per annum, in view of the settled law laid down by this High Court and the Hon'ble Supreme Court.

2. This Court vide order 02.09.2025, this Court had passed the hereinafter extracted order:-

“1. The learned counsel for the petitioners seeks an adjournment, thereby enabling him to address arguments as to how, after 35 years of the cause of action having accrued and especially when most of the petitioners retired 30 years ago, the instant writ petition is maintainable.

2. List on 24.09.2025.”

3. Learned