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HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (Oral)

1. The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of an appropriate writ or order in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents not to stop from performing his duties who is serving with the respondents as Sewadar cum Chowkidar since the year 2023 and has already completed his probation period with the respondents and further directing the respondents to clear the withheld salary of petitioner at the earliest.

PETITIONER’S CONTENTIONS

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the petitioner completed his Matriculation in the year 2020 and Senior Secondary in the year 2022 from the Punjab School Education Board, as is discernible from Annexures P-1 and P-2. Respondent No.4, i.e. Dittupur Jattan Multipurpose Cooperative Sabha Limited, advertised the post of Sewadar-cum-Chowkidar vide Annexure P-3. The petitioner applied for the said post and was allegedly selected.

2.1 It is further submitted that although the petitioner was permitted to join and discharge duties, the formal joining/appointment letter was kept pending on the pretext that the same would be han