102 + 219 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 23.02.2026 Rajinder Kaur ….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPINDER SINGH NALWA Present: Mr. Sonu Bhatia. Advocate for Mr. Surmukh Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Amarpreet Singh Bains, AAG, Punjab.

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DEEPINDER SINGH NALWA, J. (Oral)

In the present writ petition, the petitioner is praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the letter dated 06.03.2023 (Annexure P-5) whereby the pay of the petitioner has been refixed and it has been decided to recover an amount of Rs.2,57,342/-

from the pay of the petitioner.

2. The brief facts of the case are that in the year 1992, an advertisement was issued for filling up of 2461 posts of School Master/Lecturer. In pursuance of the of the abovesaid advertisement, petitioner applied for the post of Lecturer in the subject of Biology. The petitioner was selected and an appointment letter dated 18.08.1994 (Annexure P-1) was issued to the petitioner. The abovesaid selection was challenged before this Court in CWP No.5985 of 1994 titled as Yashwinder Singh Rana and others Vs. Stat