IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

222 Date of decision: 10.11.2025 Sukhvir Singh Dalal .....Petitioner VERSUS Managing Director DHBVN and others .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present : Mr. Amarjeet Beniwal, Advocates for the petitioner.

Mr. Yaseen Sethi, Advocate for Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Advocate for the respondents.

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HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (Oral)

1. The present civil writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari to quash the impugned re-fixation of pay dated 08.03.2018 (Annexure P-3) and the consequential recovery order dated 30.03.2018 (Annexure P-4) directing the petitioner to deposit an amount of ₹57,537/-, with a further prayer for a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to release all retiral benefits as per the last pay drawn by the petitioner prior to the impugned re-

fixation.

2. Briefly the facts of the case is that the petitioner was appointed as a Junior Draftsman with the respondent-Department on 11.08.1981 and rose to the post of Chief Draftsman before retiring on 30.11.2017 after rendering over 36 years of unblemished service. Upon