ASHA RAM vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHRES

167 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-18386-2026 Date of decision: 29.05.2026 Asha Ram ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Vikrant Koundal, Advocate for Mr. Mazlish Khan, Advocate for the petitioner. HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (ORAL) 1. The present civil writ petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioner for job security by treating the 7 days’ time as a deemed service which occurred due to outbreak pandemic COVID-19. Further, directing the respondents to treat the service of the petitioner continue in view of the Section 25B of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and also to allow the petitioner to continue till decide the claim/adjudicate the petition or grant job security. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner inter alia contends that the petitioner was appointed as Conductor on contractual basis on 02.07.2019 and worked from 02.07.2019 to 31.01.2021. On 16.11.2022, the deployment letter was issued to the petitioner by the HKRNL.