IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 21.04.2026 Parkash Singh ... Petitioner Vs.

State of Punjab and others ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Amit Shukla, D.A.G., Punjab.

Mr. Japsehaj Singh, Advocate for respondents No.2 to 5.

HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (ORAL)

1. Present civil writ petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to calculate and release the amount of interest @ 12% on the revised amount of Rs.802194/- which has already been paid to the petitioner as revised pensionary benefits on account of his service in work charge period being duly regularized from 01.01.1980 to 15.05.1996.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner inter alia contends that the petitioner joined the respondent-Corporation as a work charge employee on 01.01.1980. The petitioner, thereafter, regularized on 15.05.1996 and retired on 31.03.2012 as an Assistant Line Man (ALM). While calculating the pensionary benefits, the service of the petitioner as work charge employee from 01.01.1