AMIT SAINI AND OTHERS vs MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, PATHANKOT THROUGH ITS COMMISSIONER

CWP-13843-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 112 CWP-13843-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 05.05.2026 Amit Saini and others ....Petitioners Versus Municipal Corporation, Pathankot and another ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Abhishek Singla, Advocate and Ms. Tanya Sehgal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Sarbuland Singh Mann, Advocate for the respondents. 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 mandamus, directing the respondents to regularize the services of the petitioners along with all the consequential benefits under The Punjab Ad Hoc, Contractual, Daily Wage, Temporary, Work Charged and Outsourced Employees' Welfare Act, 2016. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners, inter alia, contends that the petitioners were appointed against duly sanctioned posts in Municipal Corporation, Pathankot after following the prescribed procedure. All the petitioners possess the requisite educational qualifications and they have been working continuously from the last 15-18 years, as is evident from the Anne