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

Rulda Ram ... Petitioner VS.

State of Haryana & Ors. ... Respondents ****

1. Judgment reserved on 08.05.2026 2. Judgment pronounced on 22.05.2026 3. Judgment uploaded on 25.05.2026

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: Ms. Vanshika Daaria, Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Mayuri Lakhanpal, DAG Haryana ****

Sandeep Moudgil, J.

(1). The jurisdiction of this Court has been invoked under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, for issuing a writ of certiorari quashing the inquiry report dated 11.10.1993 (Annexure P4) as well as the order dated 08.02.1994 (Annexure P5) whereby the petitioner was dismissed from service as also the appellate order dated 04.07.2018 (Annexure P6). He seeks a direct ion to the respondents to reinstate him with all consequential benefits and arrears.

(2). The principal contention raised by the petitioner is that the departmental inquiry culminating into the dismissal order dated 08.02.1994 stood vitiated on account of violation of principles of natural justice. Accordin