HARPREET PAL SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

137 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-21077-2026 Date of Decision : 14.07.2026 HARPREET PAL SINGH .....Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present : Mr. Nitesh Singla, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Sahil R. Bakshi, AAG, Punjab. KULDEEP TIWARI, J.(Oral) 1. The petitioner, by way of instant writ petition, as cast under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, prays for issuance of a mandamus upon the respondents to grant him the pay scale of Rs.15,600- 39,100+Grade Pay Rs.5,700/- (corresponding pay scale under 6th Punjab Pay Commission i.e. Rs.60,900/- w.e.f.01.01.2016), on the post of Workshop Superintendent, as mentioned in Advertisement dated 10.02.2016 (Annexure P-1), from the date of entry into service, alongwith the interest @ 12% per annum, in the light of decision dated 13.09.2024, rendered in CWP-15896-2023 (Saurabh Sharma and others vs. State of Punjab and another), and also the decision dated 15.12.2025 in CWP-8012 of 2024 (Baljit Singh and others vs. State of Punjab and others). He also seeks quashing of instructions dated 17.07.2020 (Annexure P-2), the appointment letter date