IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-38127-2025 (O&M)

Date of decision: 19.12.2025 Suresh Kumar ....Petitioner Versus Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. V.D. Sharma, Advocate and Mr. Vishesh Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Prince Singh, Advocate for the respondents.

HARPREET SINGH BRAR J. (Oral)

1. Prayer in this writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, is for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus, directing the respondents to count the daily wages service of the petitioner from 01.04.1993 to 08.01.2004 towards qualifying service of the petitioner for the purpose of pensionary benefits in terms of Rule 3.17-A of the Punjab Civil Services Rules, Volume II as applicable to UHBVNL and grant him all the consequential benefits i.e. revised pensionary benefits, gratuity and other retiral benefits along with interest @ 12% per annum on the arrears from the date of retirement.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the petitioner worked as a daily wage Helper from 01.04.1993 to 08.01.2004 as discernible from Annexure