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2025 DAILYLAW 54964 (PNJ)

RAJENDER KUMAR AND OTHERS v. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR

CWP/13011/2025 · 2025-07-15

Jagmohan Bansal

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` CWP-13011-2025 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 111 CWP-13011-2025 Date of Decision: 15.07.2025 Rajender Kumar and others …Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and another …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present: - Mr. Babbar Bhan, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. Raman Sharma, Additional Advocate General, Haryana *** JAGMOHAN BANSAL, J. (Oral) 1. The petitioners through instant petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India are seeking direction to respondents to pay them salary for the higher posts which they held during their service tenure. 2. The petitioners are claiming that during their service tenure, they worked on the higher post under current duty charge mechanism, however, they were paid salary as payable to their substantive post. The respondent was bound to pay salary as payable to officers working on higher posts. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that a Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 06.05.2024 (Annexure P-4) passed in CWP No.10401 of 2024, Birbal Singh Kundu and others v. The State of Haryana and another has directed the respondents to consider petitioners’ MOHIT KUMAR 2025.07.15 16:05 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this order/judgment. ` CWP-13011-2025 -2- legal notice and decide their claim. The instant petition may also be disposed of in the same terms. 4. Mr. Raman Sharma, Additional Advocate General, Haryana, who on advance notice is present in Court on behalf of the respondents, submits that claim of petitioners is hopelessly barred by limitation, however, he expressed his inability to controvert applicability of order dated 06.05.2024 passed in aforesaid writ petition to the facts of instant case. 5. In the wake of statement of both sides, the present petition stands disposed of in terms of order dated 06.05.2024 (Annexure P-4) passed in Birbal Singh (supra). (JAGMOHAN BANSAL) JUDGE 15.07.2025 Mohit Kumar Whether speaking/reasoned Yes/No Whether reportable Yes/No MOHIT KUMAR 2025.07.15 16:05 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this order/judgment.