Authority: High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh

Order Date: 07.07.2026

Case Overview

  • Petitioners: Rohtash and others (referred to as "Petitioners").
  • Respondents: State of Haryana and others (referred to as "Respondents").
  • Writ petition number: CWP-10662-2026 (O&M), filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India.
  • Prayer: Issuance of a writ of certiorari to quash the impugned recovery orders dated 18.02.2025 (Annexure P-16) and 30.11.2023 (Annexure P-15), and to restrain the Respondents from recovering principal amount and interest during pendency of the petition.
  • The State counsel was directed to clarify whether the petitioners were similarly placed as in case CWP-27193-2025, which had been disposed on 17.10.2025 (Annexure P-21). The State counsel filed written instructions (recorded as ‘Mark X’).
  • Both parties’ counsel agreed that the present petition could be disposed of in accordance with the order dated 21.03.2023 in a similar writ petition CWP-26715-2018 (Alok Kumar and others vs State of Haryana and others).

Final Outcome

  • The petition CWP-10662-2026 is hereby disposed of.
  • The Respondent/Department is restrained from effecting any recovery of principal amount or interest from the petitioners until the decision in case CWP-12052-2019 (Samunder Singh and others vs State of Haryana and others) is rendered.

Topics: Legal Proceedings, Recovery Orders