PARDEEP KUMAR vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS

CWP-15390-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 121 CWP-15390-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 25.05.2026 Pardeep Kumar ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Ms. Jasleen Kaur, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Pratibha Bali, AAG, Punjab. HARPREET SINGH BRAR J. (Oral) 1. Prayer in the present writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India is for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to allow the petitioner to join his duties and to release due salary and other consequential benefits from 28.02.2025 onwards and to decide the representation dated 07.08.2025, submitted by the petitioner. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the petitioner was initially appointed as a Conductor on outsource basis in the year 2009 and thereafter in the year 2015, he was appointed as a driver/conductor in PUNBUS on contractual basis and has rendered about 17 years of unblemished service. She further submits that while the petitioner was performing duty on the Pathankot-Chamba route on 28.02.2025, due to heavy rainfall and