DEEPIKA KUNDU vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 123 CWP-13896-2026 Date of decision: May 20, 2026 DEEPIKA KUNDU ...Petitioner Versus STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA Present: Mr. Sajjan Singh, Advocate (through video conferencing) and Mr. Rajesh Kumar, 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 direction to the respondents to grant Child Care Leave (CCL) to the petitioner from 17.04.2026 to 12.08.2027. 2. Learned State counsel has received instructions from the Department vide memo dated 19.05.2026, which is retained on the case file along with its enclosures as Annexure ‘A’. Referring to the same, she contends that considering the petitioner’s application, she has been granted CCL from 07.05.2026 to 31.03.2027 (329 days), subject to conditions of Rule 46 of the Haryana Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 2016 (for short, ‘the 2016 Rules’). 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner, however, submits that the petitioner is entitled to CCL for the entire period of 483 days, for which she submitted an application d