MANGAL vs FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA AND ORS

HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP-3788-2021 (O&M) **** Mangal ... Petitioner VS. Food Corporation of India & Ors. ... Respondents **** CWP-8853-2021 (O&M) **** Uday ... Petitioner VS. Food Corporation of India & Ors. ... Respondents **** 1. Judgment reserved on 23.03.2026 2. Judgment pronounced on 20.05.2026 3. Judgment uploaded on 22.05.2026 4. Whether operative or full judgment Full 5. Delay in pronouncement of full judgment and reasons, if any NA **** CORAM: HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SANDEEP MOUDGIL **** Present: Mr. Hitesh Malik, Advocate for the petitioner(s) Mr. Rahul Dev Singh, Addl. AG Haryana **** Sandeep Moudgil, J. This order shall dispose of the above-cited two writ petitions i.e. CWP-3788-2021 & CWP-8853-2021 as issues are inter-related. For the sake of order, CWP-3788-2021 is treated as the lead case. Prayer (1). The jurisdiction of this Court has been invoked under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, for issuing a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to consider and allow his claim for appointment on compassionate grounds on the post held by his father late Sh. Jagan Ram, or any other equivalent posts in terms of the policy (Ann