BALWANT SINGH vs STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER

CWP-11947-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 115 CWP-11947-2026 Date of Decision: 19.05.2026 Balwant Singh …Petitioner(s) Versus State of Haryana and another …Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA Present:- Ms. Himani Makkad, Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Tanushree Gupta, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA, J. (Oral) The petition has been filed inter alia seeking a writ of certiorari quashing the order dated 13.03.2026, Annexure P-6, whereby the respondents have refused to count the petitioner’s service from 01.06.2024 to 14.01.2026 as qualifying service for retiral as well as pensionary benefits. Further, a writ of mandamus has been sought directing the respondents to withdraw the said order and grant retiral benefits to the petitioner on the basis of entire service rendered by him in the Department up to 14.01.2026. 2. As per facts on record, the petitioner, who is suffering from fifty- two per cent permanent disability, claimed the benefit in terms of Rule 143 of the Haryana Civil Services (General) Rules, 2016 (for short, ‘the 2016 Rules’), to continue in service up to sixty years, instead of fifty-eight. I