HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** ****

Gurpreet Singh Saini & Ors. ... Petitioners VS.

FCI & Ors. ... Respondents ****

1. Judgment reserved on 09.03.2026 2. Judgment pronounced on 07.04.2026 3. Judgment uploaded on 08.04.2026

4. Whether operative or full judgment Full 5. Delay in pronouncement of full judgment and reasons, if any NA ****

CORAM: HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SANDEEP MOUDGIL ****

Present: Mr. Rajiv Sharma, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. Deepak Gupta, Advocate for the respondents ****

Sandeep Moudgil, J.

Prayer (1). The present petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of Certiorari for quashing the impugned order dated 10.05.2013 (Annexure P9), order dated 13/16.06.2014 (Annexure P11) and order dated 18.05.2015 (Annexure P14) passed by the respondents vide which recovery equivalent to reduction in time scale of pay by three stages for a period of three years without cumulative effect has been imposed and the said punishment order has been upheld by the appellate and reviewing authorities.

Facts (2). The petitioners are the sons - legal representatives of deceased Bant Singh who had earlier fil