HARPREET SINGH BRAR J. (Oral)

1. Prayer in this writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, is for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus, directing the respondent No.2 to regularize the services of the petitioners, who are continuously working as Seed Certification Assistant from the last so many years in terms of the Government Instructions issued from time to time, as per policy dated 18.03.2011 (Annexure P-1).

2. Learned Senior counsel for the petitioners has contended that the petitioners were appointed as Seed Certification Assistants and they have been performing their duties with an unblemished record. He has further submitted that the services of similarly situated employees, including those junior to the petitioners i.e. Jaswinder Singh and others, have already been regularized by the respondents/authorities, in terms of the judgment dated 28.03.2017, passed by this Court in CWP-19776-2013, whereas the claim of the petitioners has been ignored. It is further argued that the respondents’ failure to regularize the services of the petitioners while granting such benefits to their juniors is discriminatory and violative of Article 14