IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

248(4 cases)

Date of Decision: January 22, 2026 (1) CWP-12770-2025 (O&M)

Gaurav Goyal .....Petitioner VERSUS Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and others ..Respondents (2) CWP-20213-2025 Binnu Goyal .....Petitioner VERSUS Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and others ..Respondents (3) CWP-20232-2025 Avinash Chawla .....Petitioner VERSUS Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and others ..Respondents (4) CWP-33016-2025 Jeevan Kumar .....Petitioner VERSUS Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present : Mr. Gopal Singh Nahel, Advocates for the petitioners in all cases.

Mr. Pradeep Sharma and Ms. Mehak Kanwar, Advocate for the respondent(s)-PSPCL in all cases.

HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (Oral)

1. This common order shall dispose of the aforementioned civil writ petitions as they arise from a similar factual matrix. However, for the sake of brevity, the facts are taken from CWP-12770-2025

2. The present civil writ petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India for the issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned order dated 22.04.2025 (Annexure P-11) and 03.05.2024 (Annexure P-5) whereby the request of petitioner for voluntary reversion from the post of Superintendent Divisional Accounts to Upper Division Clerk (AC) was rejected. A Further prayer is made seeking directions to the respondents to reconsider the claim of petitioner and grant him voluntary reversion/demotion.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the petitioner joined the service of respondents-Corporation as Upper Division Clerk (UDC) Accounts on 19.09.2016 and he has been performing his duties without any complaint of any kind. Thereafter, the petitioner was promoted to the post of Superintendent Divisional Accounts subject to completion of probation period of one year in terms of Regulation 11 of PSEB Accounts Service Class-III Regulation, 1991, vide promotion order dated 04.10.2023 (Annexure P-1). Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner is suffering from a chronic ailment, namely Aortic Stenosis, on account of which he has undergone surgery for replacement of his aortic valve. He has been under continuous medical treatment at Rajindra Hospital as well as Amar Hospital, Patiala, as is evident from Annexure P-3. It is further submitted that during the pendency of the present writ petition, the medical condition of the petitioner deteriorated further and he was even admitted to the ICU. The petitioner had sought reversion to his lower post in view of his medical condition by submitting a representation (Annexure P-4) in January, 2024. However, the said request was declined by the respondents on the ground that there were no instructions or policy regarding reversion to a lower post and the file was consigned to record vide impugned order dated 03.05.2024 (Annexure P-5). In the meantime, the petitioner came to know that a large number of similarly situated employees had also sought reversion and some of such requests were accepted by the respondents. Learned counsel places reliance upon the judgment passed by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in CWP No. 23153 of 2023, Jagtar Singh vs. Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and others, decided on 13.12.2023 (Annexure P-18), wherein a similar objection raised by the respondents, regarding absence of any policy for reversion, was rejected and directions were issued to consider the claim of the petitioner therein seeking voluntary reversion. Reliance is also placed upon the judgment dated 04.10.2024 passed in CWP No. 25341 of 2024, Chetan Kumar vs. Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and others (Annexure P-20). It is submitted that in both the aforesaid cases, voluntary reversion was allowed by the respondents. In view of the medical condition of the petitioner, his case deserves reconsideration in the li