KAMALJIT SINGH JAGGI vs PUNJABI UNIVERSITY PATIALA AND ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 211 CWP-26086-2022 (O&M) Date of decision: 26.05.2026 Kamaljit Singh Jaggi .....Petitioner Versus Punjabi University, Patiala and others .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present : Mr. H.C. Arora, Advocate with Mr. Gagandeep Sandhu, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. H.S. Batth, Advocate for the respondents. **** NAMIT KUMAR, J. (ORAL) 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking a writ of mandamus, directing the respondents to take immediate steps to create some promotional avenues for the post of Senior Technical Assistant on which the petitioner has been working since 02.08.2010. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as per law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Raghunath Prasad Singh v. Secretary, Home (Police) Department, Government of Bihar and others : 1988 AIR Supreme Court 1033; Dr. Ms. O.Z. Hussain v. Union of India and others : 1990 AIR Supreme Court 311; Sudama Ram Sharma v. Panjab University Chandigarh : 2001(3) SCT 1099 and Food Corporation of India and others v. Parashotam Das Bansal and others : 2008(1) SCT 7