Sarla Devi v. State of Punjab and Others
HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH – CWP-17890-2026, decided 29.05.2026 (Namit Kumar, J., oral)
Case brief
What is this about?
Punjab and Haryana High Court, CWP-17890-2026, decided 29.05.2026, single bench of Justice Namit Kumar. Petitioner Sarla Devi (through advocate G.S. Madaan) against State of Punjab and others; challenge under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to dismissal-from-service order dated 04.06.2014 (Annexure P-2) and rejection order dated 12.06.2025 (Annexure P-9) concerning gratuity, remaining salary, pension, retiral and other service benefits of petitioner's late husband Achhar Singh, both orders passed by respondent No.3. Disposed at threshold: dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to file a fresh petition on the same cause of action with better particulars; merits not adjudicated; no precedent value on the underlying service/retiral-benefit claims.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to withdraw and to file a fresh petition on the same cause of action with better particulars.