DR HARMAN GILL AND OTHERS vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 137 CWP-17856-2026 Date of decision : 29.05.2026 Dr. Harman Gill and others ....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present: Mr. Umesh Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioners. NAMIT KUMAR J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioners under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, seeking issuance of a writ of certiorari for quashing the impugned action/orders including the subsequent letter dated 26.02.2026 (Annexure P-2), whereby the pay scale of the petitioners has been arbitrarily fixed and reduced from Rs.1,08,800/- to Rs.67,700/- (Leval 11, 7th CPC), in derogation of the statutory Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (Group-A) Service Rules, 2016 dated 27.06.2016 (P-3) read with the Punjab Civil Services (Revised) Pay Rules, 2021 as amended from time to time and for quashing the instructions dated 17.07.2020 (Annexure P-4) and Notice dated 17.06.2025 (Annexure P-5). Further, seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to restore and grant the pay scale to the petitioners in terms of the abovesaid statutory rul