IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-11803-2026 Date of decision: 20.04.2026 Shindo ....Petitioner Versus The Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Ramesh Chand Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Priyanka Dhillon, Advocate for the respondents/PSPCL.

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 respondents to regularize the services of the petitioner and grant consequential benefits including pension under Old Pension Scheme as she had rendered service with the respondents as part time Sweeper w.e.f. 1999 till 31.12.2025, keeping in view the law laid down by the Hon'ble Apex Court in Civil Appeal Nos.3595-3612 of 1999, titled as State of Karnata and others vs Umadevi and others decided on 10.04.2006 reported in S.C.T 2006(2) 462 (Annexure P-5) as well as the Policy dated 04.03.1999 and judgment dated 23.12.2022 passed by the Division Bench of this Court in LPA No.95 of 2019 (Annexure P-6).

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter