# SHUBHAM GARG vs ANURAG RASTOGI CHIEF SECRETARY AND ANR.

Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court
Date: 2026-07-15
Citation: COCP 3185/2026
Petitioner: SHUBHAM GARG
Respondent: ANURAG RASTOGI CHIEF SECRETARY AND ANR.

[Official PDF on Punjab and Haryana High Court website](https://livedb9010.phhc.gov.in/public/judgments/order-pdf?case_type=COCP&case_no=3185&case_year=2026&order_date=2026-07-15&order_type=FINAL)

## Judgment text (excerpt)

COCP-3185-2026 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP-3185-2026 Date of decision: 15.07.2026 Shubham Garg ...Pe%%oner Versus Anurag Rastogi, Chief Secretary, Haryana and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA Present: Mr. Shubham Bhardwaj, Advocate for the pe%%oner. **** DEEPAK GUPTA, J. (ORAL) The present pe%%on has been filed under Sec%ons 11 and 12 read with Sec%on 2(b) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, alleging wilful and deliberate disobedience of the order dated 23.02.2026 (Annexure P-3) passed by this Court in CWP No.1109 of 2026 %tled Shubham Garg vs. State of Haryana and others. 2. The opera%ve part of the order dated 23.02.2026 reads as under:- "Accordingly, the order dated 19.01.2026 is hereby recalled and shall now read as under: The jurisdic%on of this Court has been invoked under Ar%cles 226/227 of the Cons%tu%on of India for quashing the impugned ac%on of the respondents in not adjus%ng the pe%%oner against the vacant post as per policy decision of the respondent-department. Learned counsel for the pe%%oner submits that the issue involved in the present pe%%on already stands adjudicated by this Court vide order dated 

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