As per case facts, employees of Punjab's food agencies faced charge sheets and recoveries due to disputes over weight gain/loss in stored food grains. The agencies applied policies to assess ... these gains/losses, which employees disputed given the long storage periods. A new scientific policy (22.10.2021 and 30.05.2022) based on expert recommendations from ICAR was issued to standardize these norms. The petitioners appealed to the High Court, challenging the prospective application of this new policy and seeking its retrospective application to pending disputes. The question arose whether the new policy, based on scientific expert advice, should apply prospectively or retrospectively to resolve pending weight gain/loss disputes between employees and agencies, or among agencies themselves. Finally, the High Court ruled that the weight gain/loss issue is scientific and factual, not merely a policy matter. Therefore, the new policy must apply to all pending disputes existing on the policy's issuance date, as prospective application would be discriminatory and arbitrary. Employees with unresolved punishments or charge sheets related to this issue can make representations, and agencies are obligated to reconsider their decisions based on the new policy.