Sital Ram v. Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd. and Other
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Sital Ram v. Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd and others, CWP-16968-2023, High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, decided January 28, 2026 by Hon'ble Mr. Justice Harpreet Singh Brar (oral). Pensioner's writ under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution seeking mandamus for payment of difference between revised pension pay order dated 30.05.2023 (Annexure P-11) and pension pay order dated 28.08.2018 (Annexure P-10), with interest per Full Bench judgment AS Randhawa Versus State of Punjab and others 1997(3) SCT 468. Disposed of in terms of additional affidavit dated 27.01.2026 of Senior Executive Engineer, DS Division, PSPCL, Kotkapura: payment per State of Punjab notification dated 18.02.2025 adopted vide Finance Circular No. 3/2025 dated 03.04.2025 (Annexure R-5); arrears 2018-2019 in 18 monthly instalments from July 2026; arrears 01.01.2020-30.06.2021 in nine monthly instalments from January 2028; arrears 01.07.2021-30.05.2023 already paid; contempt liberty under Article 215 of the Constitution on default. Counsel: Brijesh Nandan for petitioner; Sehaj Bir Singh, Muskan Gill, Dhruv Khosla for respondents No.1, 2 and 4; Navdita Rathore for respondent No.3-PSTCL.