IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. 119 LPA-1149-2025 (O&M) Date of Decision: 23.07.2025. National Health Mission, Punjab ....Appellant. VERSUS Pritpal Kaur and others ....Respondents. *** CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANUPINDER SINGH GREWAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA --- Present: Mr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Advocate for the appellant. **** ANUPINDER SINGH GREWAL, J. (Oral) CM-2815, 2816-LPA-2025 Prayer in these applications is for condonation of delay of 43 days in filing and 17 days in refiling the appeal. Heard. For the reasons stated in the applications, the same are allowed and delay of 43 days in filing and 17 days in refiling the appeal is condoned. CM-2817-LPA-2025 Exemption application is allowed, as prayed for. LPA-1149-2025 The appellant has challenged the judgment of the Single Bench dated 25.11.2024, whereby in the Civil Writ Petition No.26367 of 2018 preferred by the respondents, salary was ordered to be paid to the petitioners (respondents herein) in terms of judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of State of Punjab and others vs. Jagjit Singh and others, 2016 (4) SCT 641. JITENDER 2025.07.24 14:24 I attest to the accuracy of this document PHHC LPA-1149-2025 (O&M) -2- 2. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that the respondents were working as ANMs which is Class-IV post on temporary basis at a fixed salary of Rs.21,000/- approximately. They had preferred a writ petition seeking salary at par with regularly appointed employees who are discharging the same functions and duties as the respondents. The learned Single Bench of this Court by the impugned order dated 25.11.2024 has allowed the writ petition by relying on the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Jagjit Singh (supra), wherein it has been held that even the temporary employees who are discharging the same functions and duties as regular employees are entitled to the minimum pay in the pay scale of the regular employees. As the writ petition has been allowed while relying on the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Jagjit Singh (supra), we do not find any manifest illegality in the impugned order and the instant Letters Patent Appeal stands dismissed accordingly. 3. All pending miscellaneous application(s) also stand disposed of. (ANUPINDER SINGH GREWAL) JUDGE (DEEPAK MANCHANDA) JUDGE 23.07.2025 jitender Whether speaking/ reasoned : Yes/ No Whether Reportable : Yes/ No JITENDER 2025.07.24 14:24 I attest to the accuracy of this document PHHC