SUKHJINDER SINGH AND ORS vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS

137 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-16479-2026 Date of decision: 25.05.2026 Sukhjinder Singh and others ....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Parvesh K. Saini, Advocate for the petitioners. Ms. Pratibha Bali, AAG, Punjab. Mr. Divanshu Jain, Advocate for respondents No.3 to 6-PSPCL. HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (ORAL) 1. The present civil writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent-Department to grant the petitioners all notional benefits and consequential benefits. Further, to grant the said benefits from the date of their appointment and grant the arrears along with interest @ 18% per annum from the date of their appointment till the release of the aforesaid benefits. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners inter alia contends that the denial to notional and consequential benefits to the petitioners while granting them seniority, is illegal, arbitrary and unjust. The claim of the petitioners raised in the present petition is squarely covered by the judgment rendered by th