DIVYA KAUSHIK vs PB STATE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND ANR

LPA-1169-2026 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 119 LPA-1169-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 06.05.2026 DIVYA KAUSHIK ...APPELLANT VERSUS PUNJAB STATE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND ANOTHER ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASGURPREET SINGH PURI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE AMARJOT BHATTI Present: Mr. G.S. Bal, Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Avtar Singh, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. Krishan Singh Dadwal, Advocate for respondents No. 1 and 2. Mr. Gaurav Tangri, Advocate for Caveator. ***** JASGURPREET SINGH PURI, J. (Oral) 1. The present is Letters Patent Appeal being filed against the interim orders dated 23.03.2026 and 06.04.2026 passed by learned Single Judge. Both these orders are interlocutory orders passed by learned Single Judge and writ petition is already pending before learned Single Judge. 2. Learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the appellant who is also the petitioner in the writ petition which is still pending before learned Single Judge has submitted that the appellant was appointed to the post of Scientist (Patent Information Centre) on contractual basis vide Annexure P-6 dated 09.02.2011 and her tenure was extended fro