(i) Punjab Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2021, Rr.3(c), 3(j), 9, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (Revised Pay) Regulations, 2021, Regulation 3(j), 9 — Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief — 6th Punjab Pay Commission recommended continuation of DA/DR on the Central Government pattern based on...
(ii) Punjab Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2021, R.9, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (Revised Pay) Regulations, 2021, Regulation 9 — Arrears of revised pay and DA/DR — Rule 9 is an enabling provision for the manner and time of payment of arrears — State/PSPCL...
(iii) Constitution of India, Arts.166(1), 163(3), 309, Punjab Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2021, R.9, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (Revised Pay) Regulations, 2021, Regulation 9 — Cabinet decision and enforceable right — Decision of 18.06.2021 was not mere file noting — It was communicated, translated...
(iv) Constitution of India, Article 14, Arts.21, 300A, Punjab Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2021, R.9, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (Revised Pay) Regulations, 2021, Regulation 9 — Liquidation Plan — Plan dated 18.02.2025 was quashed to the extent it created an age-based tiered schedule for...
(v) Constitution of India, Art.226 — Non-joinder, misjoinder and hearing — PSPCL was arrayed in connected writ petition and was heard in appeals — No actual prejudice was shown — Plea of breach of natural justice failed and the writ petitions were not vitiated on...
(vi) Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, , Punjab Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2021, R.9, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (Revised Pay) Regulations, 2021, Regulation 9 — Effect of contempt order and sub silentio decision — Order dated 21.02.2025 in contempt proceedings only recorded compliance and did...
(vii) Constitution of India, Art.14, 21, 38, 39, 43 — Judicial review and fiscal Policy — Directions did not amount to formulation of fiscal policy — Directions enforces standard already adopted by State — Financial autonomy does not permit indefinite non-performance of an accepted obligation,...
(viii) Constitution of India, Arts.12, 14, , Punjab Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2021, R.9, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (Revised Pay) Regulations, 2021, Regulation 9 — PSPCL’s separate legal identity — Separate legal identity, may be shield against confusion of legal identities, however, it is not...
(ix) Constitution of India, Arts.12, 14, , Punjab Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2021, R.9, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (Revised Pay) Regulations, 2021, Regulation 9 — PSPCL’s successive DA notifications not challenged — Petitioners grievance is not against what those notifications gave, but against what has...
