YASHMEEN AND OTHERS vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 123 CWP-16235-2026 Date of decision : 22.05.2026 Yashmeen and others ....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present: Mr. Pardeep Singh Mirpur, Advocate for the petitioners. NAMIT KUMAR J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioners under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to grant the statutory pay scale to the petitioners as per 2009 Rules (Annexure P-5) i.e. Rs.10300-34800 + Grade Pay of Rs.5000/- for the Master Cadre and Rs.4200/- for ETT Cadre, Lecturer Cadre, Librarian and Class IV employees etc. working under the Education Department and later on grade pay increased for both cadres etc. vide letter dated 27.02.2012 (Annexure P-6), from entry into service along with arrears with interest @ 12% and further to take into account the statutory pay scale for all employees with future pay revisions and struck down the instructions dated 17.07.2020 (Annexure P-4) and release the benefits of judgment in CWP-15896-2023 titled as ‘Saurabh Sharma and others Vs. State of Punj