IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 01.12.2025 Gurdial Singh and others ......Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present: - Mr. Vinay Puri, Advocate, for the petitioners.

Mr. Charanpreet Singh, AAG, Punjab.

NAMIT KUMAR, J. (ORAL)

1. Instant petition has been filed by the petitioners, who are retired Inspectors from the office of Director, State Transport, Punjab, under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, seeking a writ of mandamus, directing the respondents to grant the petitioners the pay scale which is equal to the Inspectors of Food and Civil Supplies Department with effect from the date of their appointment/promotion as Inspectors and also to revise their pension accordingly, in view of the judgment passed by this Court in CWP-9175 of 2000 – ‘Daljit Singh and others v. State of Punjab and others’ (Annexure P-4), with all consequential benefits.

2. Brief facts, as have been pleaded in the present petition, are that the petitioners were employees of Punjab Roadways (Department of Transport). Some of the petitioners joined service directly as Inspectors and were promoted