DHOOP SINGH vs STATE OF HARYANA

CWP-13918-2001 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 294 CWP-13918-2001 (O&M) Date of Decision: 12.05.2026 Dhoop Singh (Now deceased) through his Legal Representatives and others …Petitioner(s) Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA Present:- Mr. Vikas Singh Chawra, Advocate for petitioner no.26 None for the remaining petitioners Mr. Parveen Mehta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA, J. (Oral) The petition has been filed inter alia seeking a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to revise the pay scale of the petitioners with effect from 01.01.1996, instead of 01.08.2000. 2. Learned State counsel, as per instructions received from the Department vide memo dated 07.05.2026, which is retained on the case file as Annexure ‘B’, submits that the revised pay scale claimed by the petitioners from 01.01.1996 has already been granted to them in terms of memo dated 25.03.2015, whereby grant of the benefit was generalised for the employees with effect from 01.01.1996. He further submits that out of twenty-nine petitioners, twenty-five have been granted the benefit, and the record of petiti