KANTA DEVI AND ANR vs STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS

1 CWP-20912-2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 125 CWP-20912-2026 Date of Decision: 13.07.2026 Kanta Devi and another .....Petitioners VERSUS State of Haryana and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present : Mr. Ravinder Bangar with Ms. Anjali Bangar & Mr. Veenus Malik, Advocates for the petitioners. Mr. Naveen Singh Panwar, DAG Haryana-State. HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (Oral) 1. The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of an appropriate writ or order in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to grant benefit of Old Pension Scheme to petitioners, being widow/legal heirs of deceased employees, whose initial appointments were made on 22.04.1998 (w.e.f. 01.10.1997) (Annexure P-1) and 20.08.1998(Annexure P-6) respectively, i.e. much prior to 01.01.2006 and whose services were subsequently regularized vide order dated 13.05.2013 (Annexure P-2) and 23.08.2014 (Annexure P-7) on the posts of Sweeper-cum-Chowkidar, by treating their initial date of appointment as the relevant date for extending benefit of Old PUNEET CHAWLA 2026.07.13 16:21 I attest to the accuracy