Mandeep Singh v. State of Punjab and Others
Punjab & Haryana High Court (Harsimran Singh Sethi, J., oral) – 08.07.2025
Case brief
What is this about?
Batch disposal (09 cases) by Punjab & Haryana HC, Harsimran Singh Sethi, J., 08.07.2025: CWP-941-2021 (O&M) & connected CWPs 704/730/950/1024-2021, 11487-2020 and COCPs 1223-2021, 5257-2024, 1079-2025 disposed as not pressed with liberty to file representations for reinstatement/regularization and minimum pay scale per Jaggo v. Union of India (Civil Appeal No.14831-2024, decided 20.12.2024); speaking order within 08 weeks; interim-order beneficiaries to continue in service till decision of representations filed within 10 days; unpaid-salary grievance to be adjudicated if part of representation; State of Punjab respondent-side (T.P.S. Chawla, Senior DAG). Keywords: Jaggo supra; regularization; reinstatement; minimum of pay scale; representation; speaking order; 08 weeks; interim order; not pressed; liberty; contempt petitions disposed.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioners to file representations to the respondents for reinstatement/regularization in service and minimum of the pay scale relying on Jaggo (supra); respondents to pass an appropriate speaking order within 08 weeks of receipt, granting the relief if the claim is genuine and covered by the settled law in Jaggo, otherwise recording due reasons; petitioners with interim orders to continue in service until decision of representations filed within 10 days; grievance of unpaid salary to be adjudicated if made part of the representation.