Narender Kumar v. Sh. Pankaj Aggarwal, IAS and Others

Punjab & Haryana HC10 Dec 2025COCP/2554/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Contempt petition COCP 2554 of 2025; compliance with writ court order dated 16.3.2023 in CWP-15930-2014 (Narender Kumar v. State of Haryana); HSAMB; counting of service 04.12.1997 to 17.9.2007; deposit of leave salary, pension contribution, GPF; interest @ 7% per annum; release of interest component; forwarding to Department of Finance vide letter dated 05.12.2025; compliance reports dated 09.12.2025 and 10.12.2025; rule discharged; petition disposed of; Justice Nidhi Gupta; High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh.

What did the court decide?

No fresh relief; contempt petition disposed of and rule discharged after substantial compliance, with the interest component to be released in due course. ¶¶26-27

Narender Kumar Vs Sh. Pankaj Aggarwal, IAS and Others — Punjab & Haryana HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

No fresh relief; contempt petition disposed of and rule discharged after substantial compliance, with the interest component to be released in due course.

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Issue for consideration

Whether there has been violation of the order dated 16.3.2023 (Annexure P-1) passed in CWP-15930-2014, as alleged in the contempt petition. +1 more

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Court's answer

All benefits as admissible to the petitioner in accordance with law and in compliance of the direction in the Writ Court order dated 16.3.2023 (Annexure P-1) stand duly released.

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Ratio / Principle

Only the interest component remains outstanding; the case has been forwarded to the Department of Finance vide letter dated 05.12.2025 and the interest shall be released to the petitioner in due course.

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Key takeaways

No further directions are required to be issued in the present contempt petition; the petition is disposed of, rule stands discharged, and pending application(s), if any, stand disposed of.ratio¶¶26-29

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Punjab & Haryana High Court (Nidhi Gupta J., oral, 10.12.2025) disposed of contempt petition COCP-2554-2025 alleging violation of the order dated 16.3.2023 passed in CWP-15930-2014 (Narender Kumar v. State of Haryana and others), whereby HSAMB (respondent No.5 therein) was directed to have respondents No.1 to 4 deposit leave salary, pension contribution and GPF etc. for the period 04.12.1997 to 17.9.2007 with interest @ 7% per annum, and to allot or continue the petitioner's GPF number, the needful to be done within three months. Compliance Reports dated 09.12.2025 (HSAMB, through its Chief Administrator Shri Mukesh Kumar Ahuja) and 10.12.2025 (through Shri Naveen Gupta, Principal Accountant General, for respondent No.6) were taken on record. Counsel for the parties were ad idem that all admissible benefits in compliance of the 16.3.2023 direction stand released; only the interest component remains, for which the case has been forwarded to the Department of Finance vide letter dated 05.12.2025 for release in due course. Holding no further directions necessary, the Court disposed of the petition, discharged rule, and disposed of pending applications, if any.

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COCP-2554-2025 (O & M) 1

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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COCP No.2554 of 2025 (O & M) Date of decision :-10.12.2025

Narender Kumar

…..Petitioner

Versus

Sh. Pankaj Aggarwal, IAS, Principal Secretary to Government of Haryana, Education Department, Haryana Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh and others

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…..Respondents

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CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA

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Present:Mr. Shubham Jain, Advocat e with Mr. Rishabh Jain, Advocate for the petitioner.

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Mr. Naveen Kumar, Addl. A .G., Haryana for respondents No.1 to 4.

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Mr. Pawan Girdhar, Sr. Adv o cate with Ms. Manju Goyal, Advocate for respondent No.5-HSAM B . Mr. Harneet Singh Oberoi, A dvocate for respondent No.6.

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NIDHI GUPTA J. (Oral)

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Present contempt petition has been filed alleging violation of order dated 16.3.2023 ( A nnexure P-1) passed by a predeces s or Bench of this Court in CWP-15930-2014 titled as “Narend e r Kumar vs. State of Haryan a and others”, whereby the petition w as allowed and respondent N o .5 therein i.e. HSAMB was directed t o “….count the service rendere d with respondents No.1 to 4 who will deposit the amount of leave s alary, pension contribution,

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VIJAY ASIJA 2025.12.10 17.56 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

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COCP-2554-2025 (O & M) 2

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GPF etc. f or the period of 04.12.1997 to 1 7.9.2007 along with interest @ 7% p e r annum for the period the petitioner worked as Science Master, w ith respondent No.5. Respon d ent No.5 will either allot a new GP F number to the petitioner or c o ntinue on the old one. The needful w ill be done within a period of t hree months from receipt of certified c opy of this order.”

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Power of Attorney filed on b ehalf of respondent No.6 is taken on r ecord.

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Compliance Report dated 0 9.12.2025 filed by way of affidavit o f Shri Mukesh Kumar Ahuja, C hief Administrator, Haryana State Ag r icultural Marketing Board i.e. respondent No.5; and the Complia n ce Report dated 10.12.2025 fil e d by way of affidavit of Shri Naveen G upta, Principal Accountant Ge n eral on behalf of respondent No.6 are taken on record. Copies the r eof are supplied to learned counsel f or the petitioner. Registry t o tag/paginate the same at appropri a te place in the paper-book.

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Learned counsel for the par t ies ad idem that all benefits as admi s sible to the petitioner in ac c ordance with law and in complian c e of direction of the Writ C ourt order dated 16.3.2023 (Annexu r e P-1) have been duly releas e d to the petitioner. It is, however, admitted by learned counsel fo r the respondents that only the inter e st component is still remainin g , for which learned counsel for the S t ate, on instructions, submits t h at the case of the petitioner has been forwarded to the Department of Finance vide letter dated