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Present: Mr. Abhijeet Singh Rawaley, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Deepak Balyan, Addl. AG Haryana ****

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Prayer

1. The present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the Petitioner, a person with benchmark disability, seeking consideration for promotion under the PwD quota from the respective dates of eligibility, along with consequential benefits. The Petitioner also challenges the order dated 11.03.2026 whereby he has been reverted from the post of Deputy Forest Ranger, contending that his statutory right to reservation in promotion under the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 has been denied.

Brief Facts

2. The present writ petition arises out of a service dispute concerning denial of reservation in promotion to a person with benchmark disability. The Petitioner, born on 22.02.1978, suffers from haemophilia—a hereditary blood disorder—which stands certified as a benchmark disability. Upon the demise of his father on 17.07.1992, the Petitioner became entitled to compassionate appointment. Consequently, he was appointed as a Forest Guard on

07.03.1996 by the State of Haryana.

3. Under applicable instructions, he ought to have been appointed as Forester at the initial stage itself. This anomaly was later acknowledged by the State, which issued an order dated 08.01.2021 granting him notional appointment as Forester w.e.f. 07.03.1996., the said benefit stood withdrawn pursuant to dismissal of his LPA on 11.11.2025, restoring his original appointment as Forest Guard.

4. In the interregnum, based on the 2021 order, the Petitioner was promoted to the post of Deputy Forest Ranger on 18.02.2021 and continued to discharge duties on that post. However, at no stage was he considered under the reservation quota for persons with disabilities, despite statutory mandate under the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 (in short 1995 act) and later the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (in short 2016 act). He was eventually promoted to Forester only on 01.08.2017 on general seniority, thereby losing earlier promotional avenues.

5. The Petitioner had earlier submitted a representation dated 02.01.2019 seeking reservation in promotion, which remained undecided. Subsequently, after issuance of Haryana Government Instructions dated 11.07.2023 providing for retrospective implementation of reservation in promotion from 01.01.