SUKHWANT SINGH vs PUNJAB AGRO INDUSTRIES CORPORATION LIMITED AND ANR

CWP-8663-2017 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 211 CWP-8663-2017 (O&M) Date of decision: 05.05.2026 Sukhwant Singh ....Petitioner Versus Punjab Agro Industries Corporation Limited and another ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Mandeep K. Sajjan, Advocate and Mr. Vikram K. Bishnoi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Anupam Singla, Advocate for the respondents. HARPREET SINGH BRAR J. (Oral) 1. Prayer in this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari, for quashing the order dated 26.03.2015 (Annexure P-4) passed by respondent No.2 whereby the services of the petitioner were terminated and for quashing the order dated 17.05.2016 (Annexure P-6) passed by respondent No.1 whereby the appeal filed by the petitioner against the punishment order was dismissed. Further a writ of mandamus has been sought, directing the respondents to consider the petitioner as compulsorily retired from the date of dismissal and release all the consequential retiral benefits. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, at the outset, submits that the impugned order dated 17.05