KIRAN BALA AND OTHERS vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 113 CWP-16418-2026 Date of decision : 25.05.2026 Kiran Bala and others ....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present: Mr. Abhishek K. Premi, 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 mandamus directing the respondents to grant the petitioners all notional and consequential benefits including seniority and pay at par with their counterparts recruited under the advertisement dated 08.01.2022 (Annexure P-1), keeping in view the fact that similar benefit has been granted by this Court in CWP-8149-2023 titled as ‘Rupinderpreet Singh Vs. Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and others’ decided on 29.10.2024; Satya Vir Singh Vs. Punjab and Haryana High Court : 2011(4) SCT 707 and CWP-11963-2021 titled as ‘Kanwalpreet Kaur and another Vs. Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and others’ decided on 11.11.2021. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that for redressal of their grievances, the petitioners have also