AMAN PAL vs PUNJAB STATE POWER CORPORATION LIMITED AND OTHERS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 101 CWP-18333-2026 Date of decision : 15.07.2026 Aman Pal ….Petitioner V/S Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd. and others ….Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present: Mr. G.S. Dhindsa, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Mehak Aggarwal, Advocate for the respondents. **** NAMIT KUMAR, J. (ORAL) 1. The petitioner has filed the instant petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, seeking issuance of a writ of certiorari for quashing the impugned charge sheet/memo dated 13.08.2019 (Annexure P-1) issued under Rule 8 of the Punjab State Electricity Board Employees (Punishment & Appeal) Regulations, 1971; order dated 11.08.2023 (Annexure P-4), whereby punishment of withholding of two annual increments with cumulative effect has been imposed upon the petitioner; and order dated 22.12.2025 (Annexure P- 6), whereby the statutory appeal preferred by the petitioner against punishment order dated 11.08.2023, has been dismissed. Further, seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to declare the entire disciplinary proceedings initiated against the petitioner as illegal, arbitrary, viol