# ASHOK KHEMKA vs UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER

Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court
Date: 2026-05-29
Citation: CWP 21655/2023
Petitioner: ASHOK KHEMKA
Respondent: UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

CWP-21655-2023 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (223) CWP-21655-2023 (O&M) Date of Decision : May 29, 2026 Ashok Khemka .. Petitioner Versus Union of India and another .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. Shreenath A. Khemka, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Satya Pal Jain, Additional Solicitor General of India, (joined through VC) with Ms. Neha Sharma, Senior Panel Counsel, for respondent-UOI. HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI J. (ORAL) 1. Present writ petition has been filed challenging the orders dated 12.07.2023 (Annexure P-17), 17.07.2023 (Annexure P-18) and 28.07.2023 (Annexure P-20) passed by respondent No.2- Central Administrative Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal’) by which, the plea raised that the petitioner should be treated as having been empaneled at the level of Additional Secretary/Secretary, Government of India prior to date of his retirement, has been rejected. 2. The petitioner is a 1991- Batch IAS Officer and while serving as such, in the year 2010, he was empaneled as Joint Secretary to Govt. Of India. In the year 2019, the batch-mates of the petition

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