APURVA 2026.07.09 18:12 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document/judgment High Court, Chandigarh APURVA 2026.07.09 18:12 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document/judgment High Court, Chandigarh HARSH BUNGER J. (ORAL) This order shall dispose of five contempt petitions, bearing COCP-2438-2026, COCP-2476-2026, COCP-2585-2026, as they involve common issues of law and fact. For the sake of convenience, the facts are being derived from COCP-2476-2026. 1.1 The present contempt petitions have been filed alleging non-compliance of the orders passed in the respective writ petitions. The operative part of the said orders reads as follows:- “In the meanwhile, the respondents are restrained from taking any action regarding refixation of pay pursuant to the impugned orders, dated 10.09.2024 and 24.09.2024, Annexures P-21 and P-27, respectively.” 2. Learned counsel(s) for the petitioner(s) submit that similarly situated persons, in whose cases also, the similar interim orders (as extracted hereinabove) had been passed, had filed contempt petitions, the lead case whereof was COCP No.1275 of 2026 titled as “Gurdev Singh vs. Anurag Rastogi and others”. The said bunch of contempt petitions came to be disposed of by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 08.04.2026 (Annexure P-2). The relevant extract thereof reads as under:- ₹ APURVA 2026.07.09 18:12 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document/judgment High Court, Chandigarh ₹ Keeping in view the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the present contempt petitions are disposed of in terms of the order dated 08.04.2026 (Annexure P-2) passed by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court in COCP No.1275 of 2026. APURVA 2026.07.09 18:12 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document/judgment High Court, Chandigarh