SHIV CHARAN vs UTTAR HARYANA BIJLI VITRAN NIGAM AND OTHERS

122 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** LPA-3432-2025 (O&M) Date of Decision:14.05.2026 SHIV CHARAN …..APPELLANT(S) VERSUS UTTAR HARYANA BIJLI VITRAN NIGAM AND OTHERS ….RESPONDENT(S) CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHIT KAPOOR Present: Mr. Surinder Gaur, Advocate for the applicant-appellant. Mr. Pankaj Middha, Addl., AG, Haryana. **** ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA, J. (Oral) CM-8479-LPA-2025 (delay) 1. This application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act has been filed on behalf of the applicant-appellant seeking condonation of delay of 08 days in filing the accompanying appeal. 2. For the reasons mentioned in the application, the same is allowed and delay of 08 days in filing the accompanying appeal stands condoned. Main Case (O&M) 3. This appeal has been filed challenging the order dated 15.09.2025 passed by the learned Single Judge in CWP No.27493 of 2025, whereby the appellant’s claim for stepping up of his salary on the ground that his junior was in receipt of higher salary has been rejected. 4. The learned Single Judge has noticed that the appellant had retired in 2009, whereas the representation seeking stepping up of sal