IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

107 CWP No.15309 of 2026 Date of Decision: 22.05.2026 Rameshwer @ Rameshwar Dass ....Petitioner Versus Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present : Mr. Shvetanshu Goel, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Vikrant Pamboo, Advocate for the respondents.

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HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (Oral)

1. The petitioner has filed the present writ petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a writ in the nature of Certiorari for quashing the impugned letter dated 30.03.2021 (Annexure P-2), whereby the claim of the petitioner for counting daily wage and work charge service towards qualifying service for pension has been rejected. A further prayer has been made for issuance of a writ in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents to count service rendered by the petitioner on daily wage basis from 30.10.1978 to 14.06.1987 and work charge basis from 15.06.1987 to 05.05.1993 as qualifying service for pension and retiral benefits along with consequential arrears.

2. Learned counsel for petitioner, inter alia, submits that the petitioner wa