GURPREET SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS

LPA-170-2026(O&M) -1- 120 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH LPA-170-2026(O&M) Date of Decision: 11.05.2026 GURPREET SINGH ....Appellant(s) Versus STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS .....Respondent(s) CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASGURPREET SINGH PURI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE AMARJOT BHATTI Present: Mr. M.S. Jangu, Advocate, for the appellant. Ms. Shruti, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. **** JASGURPREET SINGH PURI, J. (Oral) 1. The present intra-Court Appeal has been filed assailing the judgment passed by the learned Single Judge dated 11.11.2025 in CWP No.36778 of 2019, titled “Gurpreet Singh versus State of Punjab and others”. 2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellant submitted that the appellant applied for the post of Peon in pursuance of advertisement dated 07.01.2016 with corrigendum dated 03.06.2016 against the reserved category of Physically Handicapped Persons. He submitted that the appellant is a mentally handicapped person having mental retardation to the extent of 69%, as per the Disability Certificate Annexure P-1 dated 07.05.2014. He submitted that in the advertisement, no post had been reserved for mentally retarded persons, although he had ap