Pritam Singh v. State of Punjab and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
CWP-6140-2026; Pritam Singh v. State of Punjab and others; High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh; Kuldeep Tiwari, J.; decided April 09, 2026; disability re-assessment; fresh multi-disciplinary Medical Board; PGIMER, Chandigarh impleaded as respondent no.4; petitioner absent before Medical Board; reconsideration of impugned departmental order; personal hearing; interim stay of impugned order; writ petition disposed of with directions; no statutory or precedent citations.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with directions: (i) referral to the newly constituted all-fields Medical Board if the petitioner approaches the respondent-department within 15 days; (ii) reconsideration of the impugned order with a fresh decision in accordance with law and a personal hearing, if the benchmark is met; (iii) stay of the impugned order until the re-assessment report is submitted to the respondent-department.