DALBIR SINGH vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

2026 PHHC 085079 a IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 118 CWP-17749-2026 Date of decision: May 29, 2026 DALBIR SINGH AND OTHERS ...Petitioners Versus STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA Present: Mr. Deepak Chauhan, Advocate for the petitioners. Ms. Tanushree Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA, J. (ORAL The petition has been filed inter alia seeking a writ of mandamus directing the second respondent to take an appropriate decision on the petitioners’ representation dated 25.04.2026, Annexure P-4, regarding their claim for promotion to the post of Principal as per Government instructions dated 07.10.2023 and 20.04.2026, Annexures P-1 and P-3 respectively. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners is not in a position to dispute that no person junior to the petitioners has been promoted as Principal. Also, he is unable to explain as to how the instructions aforementioned, issued by the Government with respect to ‘matter of backwardness and inadequacy of representation of Scheduled Castes in Promotion in Group A & B posts in State Government Services’, entitle the petitioners to promotion. 3. I