104 (50 cases) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA KULWANT SINGH AND OTHERS V/S STATE OF HARYANA & ORS LPA-1419-2017 SHYAM SUNDER AND OTHERS V/S STATE OF HARYANA & ORS CM-3057-LPA LPA-1420-2017 RATTAN LAL & ORS V/S STATE OF HARYANA CM-3058-LPA LPA-1421-2017 RAJESH KUMAR & ORS V/S STATE OF HARYANA CM-3059-LPA LPA-1423-2017 AJAY KUMAR KAUSHIK AND ORS V/S STATE OF HARYA CM-3060-LPA LPA-1424-2017 RANBIR SINGH AND ORS V/S STATE OF HARYANA & ORS 104 (50 cases) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH LPA-1414 Date of Decision: 23.07.2025 KULWANT SINGH AND OTHERS HARYANA & ORS 2017 (O&M) SHYAM SUNDER AND OTHERS HARYANA & ORS LPA-2017 in/and 2017 (O&M) RATTAN LAL & ORS STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS LPA-2017 in/and 2017 (O&M) RAJESH KUMAR & ORS STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS LPA-2017 in/and 2017 (O&M) AJAY KUMAR KAUSHIK AND ORS HARYANA & ORS LPA-2017 in/and 2017 (O&M) RANBIR SINGH AND ORS HARYANA & ORS IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 1414-2017 (O&M) Date of Decision: 23.07.2025 ...APPELLANTS …RESPONDENTS ...APPELLANTS …RESPONDENTS ...APPELLANTS …RESPONDENTS ...APPELLANTS …RESPONDENTS ...APPELLANTS …RESPONDENTS ...APPELLANTS …RESPONDENTS RAJESH KUMAR 2025.07.31 09:10 I attest the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment. LPA-1414-2017 (O&M) and connected cases. [2] CM-3066-LPA-2017 in/and LPA-1428-2017 (O&M) RAJ KUMAR & ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS …RESPONDENTS LPA-1429-2017 (O&M) TEJ PAL AND OTHERS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA & ORS …RESPONDENTS CM-3117-LPA-2017 in/and LPA-1461-2017 (O&M) ARVIND KUMAR AND ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA & ORS …RESPONDENTS CM-3133-LPA-2017 in/and LPA-1469-2017 (O&M) RAJENDER SINGH & ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS CM-3151-LPA-2017 in/and LPA-1475-2017 (O&M) BHAJAN SINGH & ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS …RESPONDENTS CM-3164-LPA-2017 LPA-1482-2017 (O&M) KARNAIL SINGH AND ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS …RESPONDENTS CM-3165-LPA-2017 in/and CM-3287-LPA-2017 LPA-1483-2017 (O&M) AJAY KUMAR & ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA & ORS …RESPONDENTS RAJESH KUMAR 2025.07.31 09:10 I attest the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment. LPA-1414-2017 (O&M) and connected cases. [3] CM-3288-LPA-2017 in/and LPA-1537-2017 (O&M) RAKESH KUMAR AND OTHERS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS …RESPONDENTS CM-3289-LPA-2017 in/and CM-3290-LPA-2017 LPA-1538-2017 (O&M) SUBHASH CHANDER & ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS …RESPONDENTS CM-3291-LPA-2017 CM-3292-LPA-2017 LPA-1539-2017 (O&M) BABU LAL AND ORS. ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS …RESPONDENTS CM-3297-LPA-2017 CM-3298-LPA-2017 LPA-1543-2017 (O&M) GURMEJ SINGH & ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS CM-3301-LPA-2017 CM-3302-LPA-2017 in/and LPA-1545-2017 (O&M) ANIL KUMAR & ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS CM-3303-LPA-2017, CM-3304-LPA-2017 in/and LPA-1546-2017 (O&M) DIN DAYAL AND ORS. ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS …RESPONDENTS RAJESH KUMAR 2025.07.31 09:10 I attest the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment. LPA-1414-2017 (O&M) and connected cases. [4] CM-3305-LPA-2017 in/and CM-3306-LPA-2017 LPA-1547-2017 (O&M) SHOBHIT SINGH & ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS …RESPONDENTS CM-3307-LPA-2017 in/and CM-3308-LPA-2017 LPA-1548-2017 (O&M) MANJIT SINGH & ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS …RESPONDENTS CM-3311-LPA-2017 in/and CM-3312-LPA-2017 LPA-1551-2017 (O&M) RAMESH KUMAR AND ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STAT E OF HARYANA AND ORS …RESPONDENTS LPA-1557-2017 (O&M) BRIJ MOHAN AND ORS. ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS CM-3320-LPA-2017 CM-3326-LPA-2017 CM-3327-LPA-2017 LPA-1561-2017 VIRENDER SINGH & ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS CM-3403-LPA-2017 CM-3404-LPA-2017 LPA-1591-2017 (O&M) PARDEEP KUMAR AND ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA & ANR …RESPONDENTS RAJESH KUMAR 2025.07.31 09:10 I attest the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment. LPA-1414-2017 (O&M) and connected cases. [5] CM-3407-LPA-2017 CM-3408-LPA-2017 LPA-1593-2017 ROHTAS SINGH & ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS LPA-1594-2017 (O&M) TARA CHAND SHARMA AND ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS CM-3409-LPA-2017 CM-3532-LPA-2017 CM-3533-LPA-2017 LPA-1638-2017 RAJPAL & ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS CM-3534-LPA-2017 CM-3535-LPA-2017 LPA-1639-2017 SANDEEP KUMAR & ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS CM-3719-LPA-2017 CM-3720-LPA-2017 LPA-1723-2017 NARESH KUMAR & ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS CM-3737-LPA-2017 CM-3738-LPA-2017 LPA-1733-2017 RAM CHANDER & ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS LPA-1734-2017 RANDHIR SINGH AND ORS. ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS RAJESH KUMAR 2025.07.31 09:10 I attest the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment. LPA-1414-2017 (O&M) and connected cases. [6] CM-3739-LPA-2017 in/and LPA-1760-2017 VIJAY SINGH AND ORS. ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS CM-3786-LPA-2017 in/and LPA-1769-2017 RATTAN SINGH AND ORS. ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS CM-3802-LPA-2017 in/and LPA-1770-2017 OM PARKASH AND ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS CM-3803-LPA-2017 in/and LPA-1776-2017 GURMAIL SINGH & ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS CM-3815-LPA-2017 in/and LPA-1777-2017 SATPAL & ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS CM-3816-LPA-2017 in/and LPA-1778-2017 JITENDER SINGH AND ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS CM-3817-LPA-2017 in/and LPA-1779-2017 (O&M) OM PARKASH AND ORS. ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS RAJESH KUMAR 2025.07.31 09:10 I attest the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment. LPA-1414-2017 (O&M) and connected cases. [7] CM-3818-LPA-2017 in/and CM-3820-LPA-2017 CM-3821-LPA-2017 LPA-1781-2017 (O&M) MOHAN LAL BINDAL & ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS LPA-1783-2017 (O&M) lJAI NARAIN AND ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS CM-3823-LPA-2017 in/and LPA-1797-2017 (O&M) RAM NIWAS SHARMA AND ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS CM-3853-LPA-2017 in/and LPA-1798-2017 RAMESH CHAND AND ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS CM-3854-LPA-2017 in/and LPA-1799-2017 (O&M) SANDEEP KUMAR AND ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS CM-3855-LPA-2017 in/and LPA-1801-2017 RAJ KUMAR AND OTHERS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR. …RESPONDENTS CM-3859-LPA-2017 CM-3860-LPA-2017 LPA-1802-2017 MADAN LAL & ORS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR …RESPONDENTS RAJESH KUMAR 2025.07.31 09:10 I attest the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment. LPA-1414-2017 (O&M) and connected cases. [8] CM-117-LPA-2018 CM-116-LPA-2018 CM-118-LPA-2018 LPA-57-2018 MEENU MUMTAZ AND OTHERS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS …RESPONDENTS CWP-5230-2018 AJMAL KHAN AND ORS. ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA ETC …RESPONDENTS CM-491-LPA-2018 CM-490-LPA-2018 CM-492-LPA-2018 LPA-198-2018 JAI PARKASH AND OTHERS ...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS …RESPONDENTS CM-505-LPA-2018 CM-504-LPA-2018 CM-506-LPA-2018 LPA-206-2018 JASPAL SINGH AND OTHERS …...APPELLANTS V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS …RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Subhash Ahuja, Advocate, Mr. Umesh Narang, Advocate, Mr. Chandra Sekhar, Advocate, Mr. Fateh Saini, Advocate and Mr. Gaganpreet Kaur, Advocate for the appellant/petitioner(s). Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Addl. AG, Haryana and Mr. Saurabh Mohunta, Sr. DAG, Haryana and *** RAJESH KUMAR 2025.07.31 09:10 I attest the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment. LPA-1414-2017 (O&M) and connected cases. [9] ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA, J. (Oral) 1. Issue raised in the present bunch of appeals has already been adjudicated by the Hon’ble Full Bench of this Court in CWP-17310-2015, titled as ‘Shamsher Singh and others vs. State of Haryana and others’ and other connected cases. The Full Bench has answered the three questions posed before it in the following terms:- “67. Keeping in view the factual aspects noticed hereinbefore coupled with the settled principle of law, it cannot be said that the prospective amendment to Part-II Rules, 2009 vide notification dated 25.08.2014 is without jurisdiction or is arbitrary or illegal or violates the Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. 68. The prayer of the petitioners that the retired employees and the serving employees be treated as homogeneous class cannot be accepted qua the grant of benefit of amended Rule 8(1-A) of Part-II Rules, 2009. The benefit extended to serving employees, who were in service as on the date of amendment of Part-II Rules, 2009 i.e. 25.08.2014 only, cannot be treated as arbitrary and illegal hence, the challenge to the validity of Notification dated 25.08.2014 amending Part-II Rules, 2009 prospectively, needs no interference at the hands of this Court. 69. Further, learned counsel for the petitioners press into operation the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in State of Punjab and others Vs. A.P. Sharma and others, 2017 (1) SCT 322. The said judgment cannot be made applicable in the facts and circumstances of the present case. Here, the petitioners who are retired employees, are claiming the benefit as extended to the serving employees whereas, the facts in A.P. Sharma and others (supra) were with regard to the revision of the pay scale retrospectively. As the facts of both the cases are different, the benefit of the judgment in A.P. Sharma and others RAJESH KUMAR 2025.07.31 09:10 I attest the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment. LPA-1414-2017 (O&M) and connected cases. [10] (supra) cannot be extended to the petitioners so as to claim that the amendment dated 25.08.2014 should be retrospectively made applicable to all the retired employees irrespective of the date of their retirement. 70. Therefore, the challenge to the amendment to Part-II Rules, 2009 dated 25.08.2014 so as to operate upon all the retirees of the State of Haryana cannot be accepted and is accordingly rejected. 71. The writ petitions are accordingly disposed of in terms of the findings recorded here-in-before.” 2. In view of the aforesaid, the instant appeals also stand disposed of in terms of the Full Bench judgment (supra). Liberty stands reserved to the appellants to seek revival of the appeal(s) in the event any contrary view is taken by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the pending SLP(C) No.027623- 027628/2024, SLP(C) No.026086-026088/2024, and SLP(C) No.000443/2025. 3. All pending misc. application(s), if any, also stands disposed of. (ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA) JUDGE (KULDEEP TIWARI) JUDGE 23.07.2025 rajesh 1. Whether speaking/reasoned? : Yes/No 2. Whether reportable? : Yes/No RAJESH KUMAR 2025.07.31 09:10 I attest the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment.