PRITAM CHAND & ORS. vs KKR. UNIVERSITY & ORS.

CWP-4940-2001 (O&M) -1- a Hee 2026 PHHC 082621 $e ae 7, IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Serial No.205 CWP-4940-2001 (O&M) Decided 0n:25.05.2026 Pritam Chand and others . . . Petitioners Versus Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA PRESENT: Mr. Nishant Maini, Advocate and Ms. Dhamanpreet Kaur, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. A. S. Virk, Advocate for the respondent/University. TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA, J(OQRAL) The petition has been filed inter alia seeking a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to grant regular pay scale to the petitioners which are being given to their counter-parts working in the University on permanent basis. 2. Learned counsel for the University contends that the petition has been rendered infructuous as all the petitioners, except petitioner no.17, have been regularised in service with effect from 01.10.2003. They have been further promoted in service also, except petitioner no.15, who unfortunately expired on 09.10.2016. Regarding petitioner no.17, he submits that she is not in service with effect from 08.11.2002 and her case for seeking regularisation is pending adjudication before