PRACHEER BUDHWAR AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 138 CWP-15477-2026 Date of decision : 18.05.2026 Pracheer Budhwar and another ....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present: Mr. Parvesh K. Saini, Advocate for the petitioners. NAMIT KUMAR J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioners under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to grant the statutory pay scale to the petitioners as mandated in the Punjab Animal Husbandry (Group- A) Service Rules, 2014 (Annexure P-2) i.e. Rs.15600-39100 + 5400 Grade Pay with further pay revisions from the date of their direct appointment along with arrears and interest @ 12% per annum thereon, keeping in view the law laid down by this Court in CWP-15896-2023 titled as ‘Saurabh Sharma and others Vs. State of Punjab and another’ decided on 13.09.2024 (Annexure P-11) which was upheld upto the Hon’ble Supreme Court. Further, to revise/increase the salaries of the petitioners as per the letter dated 05.01.2026 (Annexure P-20), whereby the salaries of the counterparts of the petitioners have b