ANIL SHARMA vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

CWP-12652-2021 (O & M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 212-I CWP No.12652 of 2021 (O & M) Date of decision :-16.07.2026 Anil Sharma …..Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others …..Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present:- Mr. S.K. Malik, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Kumar Nain, DAG, Haryana. NIDHI GUPTA J. (Oral) Prayer in the present Civil Writ Petition is for issuance of an appropriate writ, order or direction, particularly in the nature of Certiorari quashing the show cause notice dated 06.07.2021 (Annexure P-12), whereby the respondents proposed to revert the petitioner from the post of Assistant Excise and Taxation Officer to the post of Excise Inspector for non-passing of the departmental examination; and for issuance of a writ in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents to exempt the petitioner from passing the departmental examination by treating him at par with other similarly situated employees who have been granted such exemption, or alternatively to permit the petitioner to appear in the departmental examination in accordance with the applicable Service Rules and to allow him to continue on the post of A