134+136 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

1) CWP-32022-2025 Date of decision: 30.10.2025 Neelam Rani ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents

2) CWP-31966-2025 Harmaljit Kaur ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Alok Mittal, Advocate for the petitioner(s).

Mr. Vikas Arora, DAG, Punjab.

HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (ORAL)

1. This order of mine shall dispose of the above-mentioned writ petitions as they arise from a similar factual matrix. However, for the sake of brevity, the facts are taken from CWP-32022-2025.

2. 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 to quash the impugned office order bearing endorsement No.PLWB/Estt./2023-24/257-258 dated 29.02.2024 (Annexure P-4), whereby the services of the petitioner were terminated under the Punjab Civil Services Rules.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner inter alia contends that the petitioner was implicated in FIR No.85 dated 28.03.2019, registered under Section 409 IPC and Section 66 of the IT Act, but was late