IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-36590-2025 (O&M)

Date of decision: 08.12.2025 Gurpreet Singh ....Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Ankur Malik, Advocate with Mr. Monu Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Vikas Arora, DAG, Punjab.

HARPREET SINGH BRAR J. (Oral)

1. Prayer in this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus, directing the respondents to convert the work and duties of the petitioner from Peon to Clerical line as he has been reinstated in service with continuity of service and 50% back wages vide award dated 18.02.2020, which has attained finality in CWP-10464-2020 as well as in LPA-2229-2024 and further to regularize the services of the petitioner under Government Instructions/Policy dated 18.03.2011 (Annexure P-7) and thereafter, promote him from the date the persons junior to him have been promoted.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the petitioner was engaged as a Clerk in the year 1998 and was performing clerical duties. His services were terminate