Sunil and Ors. Vs State of Haryana and Others — Punjab & Haryana HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Sunil and Ors. Vs State of Haryana and Others — Punjab & Haryana HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Direction to respondents to reconsider the petitioners' claim within 4 months, taking note of the orders Annexures P-9 to P-19, after notice and hearing; benefit to be granted forthwith if found entitled; any adverse order to be reasoned.

Issue for consideration

Whether the respondents may be directed to decide/reconsider the petitioners' claim for the post of Clerk, keeping in view the orders (Annexures P-9 to P-19) passed for similarly circumstanced, lower-merit candidates.

Court's answer

Without commenting on the merits of the case, the petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to reconsider the petitioners' claim within a period of 4 months, taking note of the orders Annexures P-9 to P-19.

Ratio / Principle

On reconsideration, to be done after notice and hearing, if the petitioners are found entitled the benefit is to be granted forthwith; any order adverse to their interest shall contain reasons and the petitioners shall be free to seek legal redress thereafter.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Sunil and Others v. State of Haryana and Others, CWP-3319-2023 (O&M), High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh, decided 14.07.2026 (oral judgment of Aman Chaudhary, J.). Counsel submitted that, during pendency, similarly circumstanced candidates lower in merit than the petitioners had been allowed to join the post of Clerk pursuant to advertisement No.5/2019 dated 20.06.2019 after filing writ petition CWP-26597-2022, the relevant orders being appended as Annexures P-9 to P-19, and prayed for a time-bound decision on the petitioners' claim. Without commenting on the merits, the Court disposed of the petition with a direction to the respondents to reconsider the claim within 4 months, taking note of Annexures P-9 to P-19; the reconsideration is to follow notice and hearing, the benefit is to be granted forthwith if the petitioners are found entitled, and any adverse order must carry reasons, leaving the petitioners free to seek legal redress thereafter.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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CWP-3319-2023 (O&M) Date of decision: 14.07.2026

Sunil and Others

....Petitioners

Versus

State of Haryana and Others

...Respondents

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMAN CHAUDHARY

Present : Mr. Rajat Mor and Mr. Vishesh Dhaka, Advocates for the petitioners

Ms. Komal Sharma, DAG, Haryana

AMAN CHAUDHARY, J. (ORAL)

1 . Learned counsel submits that during pendency of the present petition, similarly circumstanced candidates, who were lower in merit than the petitioners, had already been allowed to join the post of Clerk, orders with regard to which, are appended as Annexures P-9 to P-19 respectively, pursuant to the advertisement No.5/2019 dated 20.06.2019, after they filed writ petition No.CWP-26597-2022. He prays that a direction may be given to respondents to decide the claim of the petitioner, keeping in view the aforesaid, in a time bound

manner.

Learned State counsel has no objection to the limited prayer made.

In view of the above and without commenting on the merits of the case, this petition is hereby disposed of with a direction to the respondents to reconsider the claim of the petitioner within a period of 4 months, taking note of the aforesaid orders Annexures P-9 to P-19, which this Court has no reason to believe the authorities would not address in a just, fair and reasonable manner. Upon doing

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CWP-3319-2023 (O&M)

so, after notice and hearing offered to them and if found entitled, grant the benefit forthwith. Needless to say, if the orders are adverse to their interest, the same shall contain reasons and the petitioners shall be free to seek legal redress

thereupon.

(AMAN CHAUDHARY) JUDGE 14.07.2026 M.Kamra Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes / No Whether reportable : Yes / No

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