HARI RAM vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

pe weer 2026:PHHC:095132 fee 116 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-20569-2026 (O&M) DECIDED ON: 14.07.2026 HARI RAM ....-PETITIONER(S) VERSUS STATE PUNJAB AND ORS. ..«s RESPONDENT(S) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MOUDGIL Present: Mr. A.S. Manaise, Advocate for the petitioner(s) Mr. Rajiv Verma, Addl. A.G, Punjab. 22K 2K SANDEEP MOUDGIL, J (ORAL) This writ petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of an appropriate writ, order or direction especially in the nature of Certiorari for quashing of Clause 9 Instructions/Clarifications of the dated 01.09.1989 Annexure P-7 issued by the Punjab Government vide which an employee who himself foregoes his promotion is not eligible for grant of proficiency step-up, the same being wrong, illegal, arbitrary and unjustified besides being violative of the judgements of "Shashi Kiran and others Vs. State of Punjab and others" 2003 (5) SLR 603 (P&H) (DB) and Rachhpal Singh and another Vs. State of Punjab and others" 2019 NCPHHC 74528. ANURADHA 2026.07.14 02:40 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CWP-20569-2026 (O&M) 2 2. At the outset, learned counsel for