Vivek Modi v. State of Punjab and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Vivek Modi v. State of Punjab and others; CWP No. 2895 of 2019 (O&M); High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh; decided 09.07.2025; Harsimran Singh Sethi J. (oral). Subject: Punjab Water Supply & Sanitation Junior Engineers (Group-B) Service Rules, 2017; contention that Junior Engineer posts are Group-C and not Group-B. Petition not pressed and disposed of with liberty to file a fresh challenge to the Rules; pending miscellaneous applications disposed of. Counsel: Ashwani Talwar (petitioner); Rahul Rampal, Addl. A.G., Punjab (State).
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to challenge the Punjab Water Supply & Sanitation Junior Engineers (Group-B) Service Rules, 2017 on the contention that the posts thereunder are Group-C posts and not Group-B posts. ¶14