KRISHNA KUMARI vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 208 CWP-614-2021 Date of decision: 22.05.2026 Krishna Kumari .....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present : Mr. Raman Sharma, Advocate with Mr. Arnav Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Siddharth Sandhu, AAG, Punjab. **** 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 certiorari, for declaring the action of the respondents as illegal and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India in initiating the process of recovery of excess payment made to the petitioner due to the alleged wrong fixation of pay during the period from 01.01.2006 to 31.07.2011; in not granting ACP scales to the petitioner despite having submitted an affidavit dated 12.05.2010 and in not releasing the gratuity of the petitioner immediately upon her retirement. Further, a writ of mandamus has been sought for directing the respondents to release her gratuity with 18% interest and to grant her the benefit of ACP scales from the admissible dates, and after re-fixa