Jaswinder Singh Vs State of Punjab and Others — Punjab & Haryana HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Jaswinder Singh Vs State of Punjab and Others — Punjab & Haryana HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Respondent No.3, Assistant Inspector General, Police Zone CID, Bathinda, directed to decide the petitioner's representation dated 30.09.2020 (Annexure P-1) and pass a reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law preferably within four months of receipt of certified copy of the order; if entitlement is established, payment due to be released expeditiously, preferably within a further two months.

Issue for consideration

Whether the respondents were to be directed to step up the pay of the petitioner at par with his junior, Senior Constable Jagjit Singh 516/Intelligence. +2 more

Ratio / Principle

With the consent of the parties and without commenting upon the merits of the case, the present petition is disposed of.

Key takeaways

Respondent No.3, Assistant Inspector General, Police Zone CID, Bathinda, is directed to decide the petitioner's representation dated 30.09.2020 (Annexure P-1) and to pass a reasoned and speaking order thereupon in accordance with law.ratio¶18
The decision on the representation is to be made preferably within a period of four months from the date of receipt of certified copy of the order.ratio¶18
In the event the petitioner's entitlement is established as per law, the payment due to the petitioner shall be released expeditiously and preferably within a further period of two months.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh; CWP-5046-2023; decided 28.04.2025 by Vinod S. Bhardwaj, J. (oral). Jaswinder Singh sought directions to step up his pay at par with his junior, Senior Constable Jagjit Singh 516/Intelligence (joined as Constable on 28.12.2009), with all arrears of pay, consequential benefits and interest @ 12%. At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner confined the prayer to a direction to respondent No.3, Assistant Inspector General, Police Zone CID, Bathinda, to decide the petitioner's representation dated 30.09.2020 (Annexure P-1) by passing a reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law in a time bound manner; learned State Counsel raised no objection. Accordingly, with the consent of the parties and without commenting upon the merits, the petition was disposed of: respondent No.3 was directed to decide the representation and pass a reasoned and speaking order preferably within four months from receipt of certified copy of the order, and, in the event the petitioner's entitlement is established as per law, to release the payment due expeditiously, preferably within a further period of two months.

IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH

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CWP-5046-2023 Date of Decision: 28.04.2025

JASWINDE R SINGH ... Petitioner

Versus

STATE OF P UNJAB AND OTHERS ... Respondents

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ

Present: M r. Pardeep Kumar Kapila, Ad v ocate f or the petitioner. M r. Raghav Garg, AAG, Punja b .

VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (ORAL)

T he petitioner has approached t his Court seeking directions to the respond e nts to step up the pay of the p e titioner at par with his junior, Senior Cons t able Jagjit Singh 516/Intellige n ce who joined as a Constable on 28.12.2 0 09 and further prayer to g r ant all arrears of pay and consequenti a l benefits alongwith interest @ 1 2%. 2. A t the very outset, learned co u nsel for the petitioner submits that, at this j uncture, the petitioner would b e satisfied in case respondent No.3-Assist a nt Inspector General, Police Zo n e CID, Bathinda is directed to decide the representation dated 30.09.2 0 20 (Annexure P-1) and the grievance e s poused by the petitioner therein by passing a reasoned and speaking or d er thereupon in accordance w ith law and in a time bound manner.

VISHAL SHARMA 2025.04.30 14:22 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

CWP-5046-2023

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L earned State Counsel submits that he has no objection to the

aforesaid pr a yer being granted.

A ccordingly, with the consen t of the parties and without commenting upon the merits of the case, th e present petition is disposed of and respon d ent No.3-Assistant Inspector General, Police Zone CID, Bathinda, is directed to decide the represe n tation of the petitioner dated 30.09.2020 ( Annexure P-1) and to pass a reasoned and speaking order thereupon in accordance with law preferably within a period of four months from the dat e of receipt of certified copy of t h is order.

N eedless to mention that in the event the entitlement of the petitioner is established as per law, the pay m ent due to the petitioner shall be released expeditiously and preferably w ithin a further period of two months.

APRIL 28, 2025 ( VINOD S. BHARDWAJ) Vishal Sharma JUDGE Whether speaking/reason e d : Yes/No Whether reportable : Yes/No

VISHAL SHARMA 2025.04.30 14:22 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document