IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision:06.05.2026

1) 119 CWP-14005-2026 Ramandeep Singh And Others ....Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab And Another ....Respondents

2) 120 CWP-14008-2026 Surinder Singh Brar And Others .....Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab And Another ....Respondents

3) 124 CWP-14040-2026 Pardeep Kumar And Others .....Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab And Another ....Respondents

4) 126 CWP-14061-2026 Pargat Singh And Others .....Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab And Another ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present : Dr. Sumati Jund, Advocate for the petitioner(s).

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HARPREET SINGH BRAR , J. (Oral)

1. This common order shall dispose of all the aforementioned petitions. However, for the sake of brevity, the facts are taken from CWP-

14005-2026.

2. The present writ petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of an appropriate writ, order or direction, especially in the nature of mandamus, directing the respondents to regularize the services of the petitioners, who have been satisfactorily serving the respondent-Corporation on various posts for more than 8–10 years, in view of the judgment rendered by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Jaggo v. Union of India & Ors. (AIR 2025 SC 296) and by this Court in Daljeet Singh & Ors. v. State of Punjab & Anr., CWP No. 5684 of 2026 decided on 22.04.2026, as also in light of the availability of regular sanctioned posts. It is further prayed that a writ in the nature of mandamus be issued directing the respondents to grant all consequential benefits to the petitioners, including regular pay scale along with arrears of pay and allowances, due increments, consideration of seniority and resultant promotions, from the date of their regularization.

2.1. It is also prayed that during the interregnum, till the petitioners are regularized, the respondents be directed to grant them equal pay scale along with other benefits, as are being granted to similarly situated employees working against regular posts, in view of the law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in State of Punjab v. Jagjit Singh, (2017) 1 SCC 148.

2.2. It is further prayed that the respondents be restrained from terminating the services of the petitioners or taking any arbitrary action against them during the pendency of the present writ petition, in the interest of justice.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners, inter alia, contends that the petitioners were appointed by the competent authority through outsourcing agency on various posts with the respondent-Corporation. The work and conduct of the petitioners have been appreciated all along and their term has been extended year by year from the last more than eight-ten years by the office of respondent-Corporation on contractual basis against the regular sanctioned posts. The petitioners have submitted various representations to the office of respondent-Corporation praying therein to regularize their services as also to grant all consequential benefits i.e. regular pay scale along with payment of arrears of pay and allowances, due increments, consideration of relative seniority and resultant promotion thereof, to the petitioners from the date of their regularization while following the ratio of the law laid down by Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Jaggo vs. UOI & Ors., Civil Appeal No.14831 of 2024, decided on 20.12.2024 and by this Court in case titled as Hans Raj and others vs PEPSU Road Transport Corporation, CWP No.12211 of 2021, decided on 03.09.2025, wherein similarly situated contractual employees appointed against sanctioned posts, after due process and having rendered long years of service, were held entitled to consideration for regularization and State of Punjab and others vs Jagjit Singh and others, 2016 (4) SCT 641, wherein it has been held that the temporary employees including contractual employees who are discharging the duties as being discha