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CWP-15040-2026

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

126 CWP-15040-2026

Date of Decision: 14.05.2026

Balwan Singh

....Petitioners

VERSUS

State of Haryana and others

...Respondents

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR

Present : Ms. Sonia G Singh Samber, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Saurabh Girdhar, AAG Haryana.

Ms. Mansi Majoka, Advocate for Mr. Sukhdeep S Parmar,

Advocate for respondents No.2 and 3.

HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (Oral)

1. The present writ petition has been filed under Articles 226/227

of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of

mandamus directing the respondents to regularize the service of petitioner in

view of the settled principal of law as settled by the Hon’ble Apex Court in

Jaggo Versus Union of India and others’ the judgments of this Court in the

case of ‘Ishwar Versus State of Haryana and ‘Hari Ram and others Versus

State of Haryana’, considering the 24 years of service of petitioner in the

interest of justice.

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2. Learned counsel for the petitioners, inter alia, contends that the

petitioner was initially appointed as Security Guard on 05.05.1990 on daily

wage basis and since then has been continuously discharging duties to the

satisfaction of the respondents. It is submitted that the petitioner has been

performing perennial and regular nature of duties identical to those being

discharged by regular employees, however, despite extraction of continuous

service for more than 24 years, the claim of the petitioner for regularization

has not been considered by the respondents. Learned counsel further submits

that the petitioner also served legal notice dated 19.05.2015 (Annexure P-6),

but no effective action has been taken thereupon.

2.1 It is further contended that similarly situated employees have

already approached this Court by filing CWP-25042-2025 and CWP-31304-

2025, wherein directions were issued for regularization of the petitioners

therein. Learned counsel submits that the case of the present petitioner is

squarely covered by the aforesaid judgments, as the petitioner has also

rendered long and uninterrupted service extending over more than 24 years.

2.2 Learned counsel further argues that keeping an employee on

temporary/daily wage basis for decades together, despite extracting regular

and perennial work from him, is contrary to the settled principles of service

jurisprudence and is antithetical to the concept of a welfare State. It is

submitted that the action of the respondents in denying regularization to the

petitioner by raising hyper-technical objections, after having continuously

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availed his services for such a long period, is wholly arbitrary, unreasonable

and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India.

2.3 Learned counsel further submits that the case of the petitioner is

squarely covered by the judgments rendered by this Court in CWP-25042-

2025, Hari Ram and others Versus State of Haryana and others, decided

on 08.09.2025 (Annexure P-10) and CWP-31304-2025 and connected

cases, Joginder Versus State of Haryana and others, decided on

31.12.2025 (Annexure P-11). At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioner

submits that the present writ petition may be treated as a comprehensive

representation and a direction be issued to respondent No.2/competent

authority to consider and decide the claim of the petitioner by passing a

reasoned and speaking order, within a stipulated period, in the light of the

aforesaid judgments, after affording an adequate opportunity of hearing to

the petitioner, in accordance with law.

3. On advance notice, Mr. Saurabh Girdhar, learned Assistant

Advocate General, Haryana accepts notice on behalf of the respondent-State,

whereas Ms. Mansi Majoka, Advocate for Mr. Sukhdeep S. Parmar,

Advocate has put in appearance on behalf of r