Manjeet Singh v. State of Haryana and Ors.
Punjab & Haryana High Court (Arun Monga, J., oral) – CWP-13924-1999 (O&M), decided 18.05.2022
Case brief
What is this about?
Service law / pay-scale reduction challenge — Punjab & Haryana High Court, CWP-13924-1999 (O&M), Arun Monga J., decided 18.05.2022. Petitioner Manjeet Singh v. State of Haryana and Others; no counsel for petitioner, State represented by R.D. Sharma, Deputy Advocate General. Subject: certiorari against reduction of pay from Rs.1640-60-2600-EB-75-2900 to Rs.1400-2600 and claim to Rs.1640-2900 (old) / Rs.5500-9000 (revised) scales w.e.f. 01.01.1996. Outcome: petition disposed of as apparently infructuous after 22+ years' pendency, with liberty to move afresh if cause of action survives; no merits adjudicated, no statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to file an appropriate application in case any cause of action still survives. ¶17