SANDEEP KAUR vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 122 CWP-14972-2026 Date of decision : 14.05.2026 Sandeep Kaur ….Petitioner V/S State of Punjab and others ….Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present: Mr. Anil Chawla, Advocate for the petitioner. **** NAMIT KUMAR, J. (ORAL) 1. The petitioner has filed the instant petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to grant of equal pay for equal work (at the lowest grade, in the regular pay scale) extended to regular employees working on the same post in view of the judgment passed by Hon’ble Supreme Court in State of Punjab Vs. Jagjit Singh : 2016(4) SCT 641 as the petitioner is working as Class-IV employee w.e.f. 17.06.2019 (Annexure P-1) on the same post and performing same duties and only a consolidated amount of Rs.5,000/- was paid to her through cheques issued by Senior Medical Officer, Civil Hospital, Amritsar (Annexure P-2). Further, to regularize the services of the petitioner from the date of initial appointment along with all consequential benefits. 2. After arguing the case for sometime, learned counsel for the petitioner wi