SANGEETA vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS

117 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-21293-2026 DECIDED ON:16.07.2026 SANGEETA .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS .....RESPONDENT(S) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MOUDGIL Present: Mr. Mukesh Arora, Advocate for the petitioner. SANDEEP MOUDGIL, J (ORAL) 1. The jurisdiction of this Court has been invoked under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of writ in the nature of a writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to consider and regularize the services of the petitioners in terms of the policy instructions dated 18.03.2011 (Annexure P-1) with effect from 18.03.2011, by treating them at par with similarly situated Computer Operators appointed on contractual basis and subsequently regularized vide order dated 23.12.2011 (Annexure P-2), and in the light of the judgments passed by this Court in CWP No. 27344 of 2013, Hargopal and Others vs. State of Punjab and Others, decided on 02.04.2026 (Annexure P-3), and CWP No. 5307 of 2025, Kartar Singh and Others vs. State of Punjab and Others, decided on 06.02.2026 (Annexure P-4), and further directing the respondents to grant all consequential service benefits, including the benef