# SH DIVAKAR KUMAR AND OTHERS vs CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court
Date: 2026-07-13
Citation: CWP 20853/2026
Petitioner: SH DIVAKAR KUMAR AND OTHERS
Respondent: CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

CWP-20853-2026 (O & M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 117 CWP No.20853 of 2026 (O & M) Date of decision :-13.07.2026 Sh. Divakar Kumar and others …..Petitioners Versus Chief Secretary to Govt. of Haryana and others …..Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present:- Mr. Sunil K. Nehra, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Karan Ranjha, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Harish Kumar Nain, DAG, Haryana. NIDHI GUPTA J. (Oral) Prayer in the present writ petition is for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to regularize the services of petitioners No.1 to 41 on the posts on which they are presently working, with effect from the dates of their initial appointments, along with all consequential service benefits, including continuity of service, seniority and all other attendant benefits, by extending to them the benefit of the judgment dated 16.04.2026 rendered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Madan Singh and others versus State of Haryana and others in Civil Appeal No.1996 of 2024 (Annexure P-3). A further prayer has been made for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to similarly regularize the serv

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