AMRITPAL KAUR AND OTHERS vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 131 CWP-13986-2026 Date of decision : 06.05.2026 Amritpal Kaur and others ....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present: Mr. J.S. Mundi, Advocate for the petitioners. NAMIT KUMAR J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioners under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to grant the petitioners the minimum of the regular pay scale i.e. basic pay + dearness allowance (DA) as revised from time to time at par with their regular counterparts, instead of fixed consolidated salary, from the date(s) of their initial contractual appointment(s) till the date of their regular appointment on the post of ANM (Female)/Multipurpose Health Worker (Female) and consequential arrears along with interest @ 18% per annum in terms of the judgment passed by Hon’ble Supreme Court in State of Punjab Vs. Jagjit Singh : 2016 (4) SCT 641 and also in terms of judgment dated 27.02.2024 passed in CWP-6784-2017 titled as ‘Rupinder Kaur and others Vs. State of Punjab and others’, whereby similarly and i