HARJIT KAUR vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANR

CWP-19398-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 145 CWP-19398-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 24.06.2026 Harjit Kaur ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Ritesh Pandey, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Bhanu Partap Singh, Addl. A.G., Punjab. HARPREET SINGH BRAR J. (Oral) 1. Prayer in this writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, is for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari, for quashing the letter/impugned order dated 13.06.2026 (Annexure P-3) passed by respondent No.2, vide which the petitioner has been transferred from Kalanaur (additional charge Dera Baba Nanak) to Fatehgarh Churian, Tehsil Batala, District Gurdaspur. Further a writ of mandamus has been sought, directing the respondents to decide the representation dated 13.06.2026 (Annexure P-4) filed by the petitioner. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the petitioner was initially appointed as Supervisor in the Department of Social Security and Women and Child Development in the year 2016 and was subsequently promoted to the post of Child Developmen