Surinder Kumar Vs State of Punjab and Ors. — Punjab & Haryana HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Surinder Kumar Vs State of Punjab and Ors. — Punjab & Haryana HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Direction to the Empowered Committee constituted under the Punjab Litigation Policy to treat the writ petition as a comprehensive representation (or, in the alternative, to entertain a detailed representation by the petitioner within two weeks) and to pass a reasoned, speaking order after granting a personal hearing, within three months; the decision to be conveyed to the petitioner, with relief to be granted forthwith if found entitled.

Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner is entitled to the relief sought in the writ petition — the precise grievance is not legible in the source — with the Court directing that the issue raised be considered and adjudicated by the Empowered Committee constituted under the Punjab Litigation Policy.

Court's answer

The Empowered Committee constituted under the Punjab Litigation Policy is directed to treat the present writ petition as a comprehensive representation and to consider and adjudicate upon the issue raised; in the alternative, the petitioner may submit a detailed representation setting out his claim within two weeks of receipt of a certified copy of the order.

Ratio / Principle

The Committee shall pass a reasoned and speaking order after granting an opportunity of personal hearing to the petitioner, within a period of three months.

Key takeaways

The decision taken by the Committee shall be conveyed to the petitioner, and if the petitioner is found entitled to the relief sought, the same shall be granted forthwith.ratio¶25
Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall also stand disposed of.ratio¶26-27

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Civil writ petition DISPOSED OF. The Court directed the Empowered Committee constituted under the Punjab Dispute Resolution & Litigation Policy, 2020 (notified vide notification dated 25.06.2020) — a Committee constituted by the Government of Punjab vide letter dated 16.04.2025 in compliance with orders dated 20.03.2025 in CWP No. 7727 of 2025 (Paramjit Kaur vs. State of Punjab and others) and CWP No. 7728 of 2025 (Major Singh vs. State of Punjab and others) — to treat the writ petition as a comprehensive representation and to consider and adjudicate upon the issue raised; in the alternative, the petitioner was granted liberty to file a detailed representation within two weeks of receipt of a certified copy of the order. The Committee is to pass a reasoned, speaking order after affording a personal hearing, within three months of receipt of the certified copy or of the representation; its decision is to be conveyed to the petitioner, and if found entitled, relief is to be granted forthwith. Pending miscellaneous applications stand disposed of. Respondents' counsel had no objection to such a time-bound direction. NOTE: substantial portions of the source text, including the cause title, party names, counsel names and the authoring Judge's name, are illegible owing to OCR corruption.

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4 . Learned counsel for respondents submits that he has no objection in case a direction is issued to the Empowered Committee constituted under the Punjab Litigation Policy for time-bound consideration and decision of the issue involved in the present petition by passing a speaking order.

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7 . In compliance with the order dated 20.03.2025 passed by this Court in CWP No. 7727 of 2025 titled Paramjit Kaur vs. State of Punjab and others and CWP No. 7728 of 2025 titled Major Singh vs. State of Punjab and others , the Government of Punjab vide letter dated 16.04.2025, has constituted an Empowered Committee to address the various issues raised by the employees.

In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of in the following terms:

i. The Empowered Committee constituted under the Punjab Litigation Policy is hereby directed to treat the present writ

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petition as a comprehensive representation and to consider and adjudicate upon the issue raised herein. In the alternative, the petitioner shall be at liberty to submit a detailed representation setting out his claim within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order.

ii. The Committee shall pass a reasoned and speaking order, after granting an opportunity of personal hearing to the petitioner, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order, or from the date of receipt of the petitioner’s representation, as the case may be. Further, the decision taken thereof shall be conveyed to the petitioner. Needless to say, if the petitioner is found entitled to the relief sought, the same shall be granted to him forthwith.

Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall also stand

disposed of.

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