NARINDER KAUR AND OTHERS vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

CWP-8103-2026 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 124 CWP-8103-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 13.05.2026 Narinder Kaur and others ....Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and another ....Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSH BUNGER Present: Mr. Sandeep Kumar, Advocate for the petitioners. ***** HARSH BUNGER J. (Oral) 1 Petition herein is, inter alia, seeking a writ in the nature of Mandamus, directing the respondent No.1 – learned Secretary, Department of Rural Development and Panchayat, Punjab, to decide the stay application filed by the petitioners along with Appeal No.18 dated 12.02.2026 (Annexure P-5), in a time bound manner. 2. Mr. Nirmaljit Singh Diwana, Sr. DAG, Punjab, appears on behalf of the respondents-State, in pursuance of the advance copy of paper book having already been supplied to him and on instructions from Mr. J.S. Ahluwalia, Senior Law Officer, submits that stay applications filed by the petitioners are pending consideration before the learned respondent No.1 – learned Secretary, Department of Rural Development and Panchayat, Punjab, for 22.05.2026, and in all probabilities, the same would be decided on the date already fixed i.e. 2