120 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 27.04.2026 Suresh Kumar ....Petitioner Versus Haryana Vidhyut Parasaran Nigam Limited and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Hardeep Singh Dhillon, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Vikrant Pamboo, Advocate for the respondents-Nigam.

HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (ORAL)

1. The present civil writ petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to consider the part time service of the petitioner as his qualifying service which has rendered by him on part time basis for a period of 13^1/2 years prior to regularization of his services on 31.10.2003 for the purpose of computing his pensionary benefits and to release all the arrears of his pay with interest @ 12% per annum from 12.04.1990 to

31.10.2003.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner inter alia contends that the petitioner was initially appointed as a part time Sweeper in the erstwhile Haryana State Electricity Board on 12.04.1990 as discernible from Annexure P- 1. The petitioner’s service was regularized as regular offic