SUKHWINDER KAUR AND OTHERS vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 125 CWP-16855-2026 Date of decision : 26.05.2026 Sukhwinder Kaur and others ....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present: Mr. Gagneshwar Walia, Advocate for the petitioners. NAMIT KUMAR J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioners under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to grant the petitioners the minimum of the regular pay scale + dearness allowance along with arrears and interest on the post of Staff Nurse at par with regular employees in terms of the judgment passed by Hon’ble Supreme Court in State of Punjab and others Vs. Jagjit Singh : 2016(4) SCT 641 and judgment passed by this Court in CWP-26367-2017 titled as Priptpal Kaur and others Vs. State of Punjab and another’ and other connected case decided on 25.11.2024. Further, to grant the petitioners the same salary/benefits and incentives as has already been granted to the similarly situated Staff Nurses, who were appointed under the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascul