Labh Singh Vs State of Haryana and Others — Writ and Judicial Review | Punjab & Haryana HC (2025)

Labh Singh Vs State of Haryana and Others — Writ and Judicial Review | Punjab & Haryana HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Petition disposed of on the limited prayer of the petitioner by directing the Employees Grievance Redressal Committee constituted under the Haryana State Litigation Policy, 2025 to pass a speaking order within 03 months, in the light of the H.C. Sharma and Ranjit Singh judgments, after affording the petitioner an opportunity of hearing; the decision to be conveyed to the petitioner and the relief granted forthwith if entitlement is found; pending miscellaneous applications, if any, also stand disposed of.

Issue for consideration

Whether the impugned order dated 04.01.2023 (Annexure P-11) passed by respondent No.2, declining payment of interest on the petitioner's delayed retirement benefits, should be set aside, and interest be granted on the delayed payment of gratuity/leave encashment from the date of retirement till 19.03.2020. +1 more

Court's answer

If the petitioner is found entitled to the relief sought, the same shall be granted to him forthwith.

Ratio / Principle

The Employees Grievance Redressal Committee constituted under the Haryana State Litigation Policy, 2025 is directed to consider the issue involved in the present petition and pass a speaking order.

Key takeaways

The speaking order is to be passed in the light of this Court's judgments in H.C. Sharma vs State of Haryana and others (CWP-2457-2025) and Ranjit Singh vs State of Punjab and others (CWP-28761-2025).ratio¶¶27
The Committee is to afford the petitioner an opportunity of hearing and decide within a period of 03 months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order.ratio¶¶27
The decision taken by the Committee shall be conveyed to the petitioner.ratio

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Labh Singh v. State of Haryana and others, CWP-6527-2023 (High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, decided November 04, 2025, Harpreet Singh Brar, J., Oral). A writ petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution prayed for certiorari to set aside the order dated 04.01.2023 (Annexure P-11) passed by respondent No.2 declining interest on the petitioner's delayed retirement benefits, and mandamus for interest on delayed gratuity/leave encashment from the date of retirement till 19.03.2020. Learned State counsel and counsel for respondents No.2 to 5 submitted that an Employees Grievance Redressal Committee has been constituted under the Haryana State Litigation Policy, 2025 to consider and decide such matters; the petitioner's counsel accepted a limited prayer that the issue be decided by that Committee in the light of CWP-2457-2025 (H.C. Sharma v. State of Haryana and others, decided 30.07.2025) and CWP-28761-2025 (Ranjit Singh v. State of Punjab and others, decided 25.09.2025) by a time-bound speaking order, to which respondents No.2 to 5 raised no objection. The Court disposed of the petition by directing the Committee to pass a speaking order in the light of those two judgments after affording the petitioner a hearing, within 03 months of receiving a certified copy of the order, to convey its decision to the petitioner, and to grant the relief forthwith if the petitioner is found entitled. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, stand disposed of. The merits of the interest claim were not decided by this Court.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

264 Date o f Decision: November 04, 2025

CWP-6527-2023

Labh Sing h

.....Petition e r

VERSUS

State of Ha r yana and others

...Respond e nts

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR

Present : Mr. Rajeev Kumar Bagoria, A dvocate for Mr. Davinder Sin g h Khurana, Advocate for the pet i tioner.

Mr. Arun Singla, AAG, Harya n a.

Mr. Mayank Vashisht, Advocate for Mr. Prateek Mahaja n , Advocate for respondents No. 2 to 5. ****

HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (Oral)

The present writ petition has b een filed under Article 226/2 2 7 of the Con s titution of India with a prayer f o r issuance of an appropriate w r it or order in t he nature of certiorari for setti n g aside the impugned order dat e d 04.01.2023 (Annexure P-11) passed by re s pondent No.2 whereby payme n t of interest f or the delayed payments of ret i ral benefits to the petitioner w a s declined in an illegally and arbitrary man n er. Further for issuance of a w r it in the natu r e of mandamus directing the r e spondents to grant interest ov e r the delaye d payment of gratuity/leave enc a shment to the petitioner from t h e date of his r etirement till 19.03.2020.

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At this stage, learned State c o unsel as well as learned couns e l for respon d ents No.2 to 5, submits that Employees Grievance Redress a l Committee has been constituted under the Haryana State Litigation Polic y , 2025 and a ll these matters would be con s idered and decided by the sa i d Committee .

Learned counsel for the peti t ioner submits that he would b e satisfied in case the issue involved in the p resent petition is considered a n d decided by Employees Grievance Redres s al Committee constituted und e r the Harya n a State Litigation Policy, 202 5 , in the light of the judgmen t s rendered b y this Court in CWP-2457-2025 , titled as H.C. Sharma vs State of Haryana and others , decided on 30.07.2025 and CWP-28761-2025 , titled as Ranjit Singh vs State of Punjab and others , decided o n 25.09.2025 , by passing a speaking order in a time bound manner.

Learned counsel for the respo n dents No.2 to 5 submits that th e y have no ob j ection, in case a direction is is s ued to the Employees Grievan c e Redressal C ommittee constituted under the Haryana State Litigation Polic y , 2025, for ti m e-bound consideration and de c ision of the issue involved in t h e present pet i tion by passing a speaking orde r .

Therefore, in view of the l i mited prayer made by learn e d counsel fo r the petitioner, the Employees Grievance Redressal Committ e e constituted under the Haryana State Litig a tion Policy, 2025 is directed t o consider th e issue involved in the present p etition and pass a speaking ord e r

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in the light of H.C. Sharma’s case (supra) and Ranjit Singh’s case (supra) , after afford i ng an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, within a period o f 03 months f rom the date of receiving a cer t ified copy of this order. Furthe r , the decisio n taken thereof shall be conve y ed to the petitioner. Needless t o say, if the p etitioner is found entitled to th e relief sought, the same shall b e granted to h im forthwith.

Disposed of, accordingly. 7. Pending miscellaneous appli c ations, if any, shall also sta n d

disposed o f .

(HARPREET SINGH BRAR) JUDGE

November 04, 2025 P.C Whether speaking/reasoned. : Yes/No Whether Reportable. : Yes/No

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