SUNAINA vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

LPA-1580-2026(O&M) -1- 152 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH LPA-1580-2026(O&M) Date of decision: 29.05.2026 DR. SUNAINA ...Appellant Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHIT KAPOOR Present: Mr. Abhishek Sethi, Advocate Ms. Richa Sethi, Advocate and Mr. Tej Bahadur Yadav, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. Saurabh Mohunta, D.A.G. Haryana. *** ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA, J. (Oral) 1. Learned Single Judge has refused to interfere with the order of the competent authority declining Child Care Leave to the appellant for a period of 609 days on the ground that the predominant interest of public health would suffer due to lack of requisite medical specialist. 2. We do not take exception to the view of the learned Single Judge as the right of an employee to claim Child Care Leave must always remain subservient to predominant public interest. 3. After some arguments, learned counsel for the appellant comes up with the prayer that the petitioner would be willing to claim leave of much lesser period i.e. 300 days, provided the same is accorded consideration without being influenced by the orders by the