POONAM BHARDWAJ vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

1 CWP-14965 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-14965 of 2026 Date of decision: 14.05.2026 Poonam Bhardwaj ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others ….Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present: Mr. Kapil Kakkar, Advocate, and Ms. Aarushi Kakkar, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Siddharth Sandhu, AAG, Punjab. NAMIT KUMAR, J. (ORAL) 1. Instant petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for directing the respondents to regularise the services of the petitioner, who is serving the respondents for the last more than 24 years to the entire satisfaction of the respondents forthwith in view of the policy instructions dated 18.03.2011 (Annexure P-1) instead of policy dated 16.05.2023 (Annexure P-5) as has been done in case of similarly situated persons on completion of three years of service vide order dated 11.12.2025 (Annexure P-4), who had approached this Court by filing CWP No.20956 of 2025 – Kulwinder Kaur and others v. State of Punjab and others and CWP-21876 of 2025 – Ankush Gupta and others v. State of Punjab and others, whereas services of the petitioner are being sought to be regularised under t