IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 231 CWP-31475-2024 (O&M) Date of decision : 09.07.2026 Manjit Kaur ….Petitioner V/S State of Punjab and others ….Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present: Mr. Hemen Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner (through video conferencing). Mr. P.I.P. Singh, Addl. A.G., Punjab. Mr. Nikhil Anand, Advocate for respondents No.3 & 4. **** NAMIT KUMAR , J. (ORAL) CM-16295-CWP-2025 Prayer in the instant application filed under Section 151 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 is for placing on record written statement on behalf of respondents No.3 & 4. Allowed as prayed for. CWP-31475-2024 1. The petitioner has filed the instant petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to pay the petitioner ‘equal pay for equal work’; to increase the pay of the petitioner from the date she was promoted as Peon i.e. minimum of the pay scale, revised from time to time with permissible allowances; and to regularize the services of the petitioner w.e.f. the date she was appointed as Peon i.e. 27.12.2006. VINOD KOTHIYAL 2026.07.09 18:31 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document CWP-31475-2024 (O&M) -2- Further, seeking issuance of a writ of certiorari for quashing the replies dated 24.08.2017 (Annexure P-4) and 10.06.2022 (Annexure P-6) of the respondents given to the legal notice served by the petitioner. 2. Learned counsel for respondents No.3 & 4, on instructions, submits that the claim of the petitioner for grant of minimum of the pay scale shall be considered in terms of the judgment rendered by Hon’ble Supreme Court in State of Punjab Vs. Jagjit Singh and others : 2016(4) SCT 641, within a period of three months. 3. In view of the said statement, learned counsel for the petitioner does not press the present petition. 4. Disposed of in the above terms. 5. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand(s) disposed of accordingly. 09.07.2026 (NAMIT KUMAR) kothiyal JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned: Yes/No Whether Reportable: Yes/No VINOD KOTHIYAL 2026.07.09 18:31 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document