KRISHAN DEV THAKUR vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 117 CWP-15968-2026 Date of decision : 21.05.2026 Krishan Dev Thakur ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present: Mr. Nishant Maini, Advocate for the petitioner. NAMIT KUMAR J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to regularize the services of the petitioner, who was appointed against a sanctioned post of Speech Therapist in Government Medical College, Amritsar (E.N.T. Department) through a proper selection process pursuant to advertisement and had been continuously serving without any break for more than 10 years, along with all consequential benefits. Further, to grant the petitioner pay scale equivalent to similarly situated regular employees performing identical duties along with all consequential monetary benefits including arrears, increments and revision of pay and not to terminate his services and replace him by another set of contractual/ad hoc employees during the pendency of the instant petition. 2. Learned cou