OM PARKASH vs PUNJAB STATE POWER CORP LTD AND ANR

1 CWP-29464-2017 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 206 CWP-29464-2017 Date of Decision: 12.05.2026 Om Parkash .....Petitioner VERSUS Punjab State Power Corp Ltd And Anr ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present : Ms. Anju Arora, Advocate, Ms. Alisha Arora, Advocate and Ms. Manpreet, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Lavanya Paul, Advocate for the respondents. **** HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (Oral) 1. The present writ petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India with a prayer for issuance of an appropriate writ or order in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to release the gratuity of the petitioner along with interest @18% per annum from the date it became due and further directing them to regularize the pension of the petitioner. PARUL VERMA 2026.05.15 15:10 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment. 2 CWP-29464-2017 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the petitioner joined as Assistant Lineman (hereinafter referred to as “ALM”) with the erstwhile Punjab State Electricity Board on regular basis w.e.f. 26.01.1976. On 05.10.1996, a false complai