CWP No.13972 of 1989 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH CWP No.13972 of 1989 Date of decision April 21, 2011 Prahlad Singh and others ....... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. Sukhpreet Kaur, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. K. S. Sivia, DAG., Punjab. **** 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest? K. Kannan, J (oral). 1. The prayer in the writ petition is for directing the second respondent namely the Pharmacy Council of India to grant approval for diploma in Pharmacy conducted by Longowal College of Pharmacy, Dera Bassi. By an order dated 25.5.1990, there was a direction that the case will be taken up after the decision in CWP No. 15935 of 1989. The aforesaid writ petition has been disposed of without adverting to the merits but holding on account of the fact the Pharmacy Council of India had itself not filed reply, it is not possible to elicit whether the petitioners were entitled to obtain recognition or not. It is most unlikely that the College could have continued for 20 years without recognition. Learned counsel for the petitioners is unable to give present status. The petition is dismissed CWP No.13972 of 1989 2 as having been rendered infructuous. The petitioners will be at liberty to approach this Court afresh if there arises any new cause of action and the petitioner can show that the College is still unrecognized and they are interested for securing a recognition. 2. The writ petition is disposed of in the above terms. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE April 21 , 2011 archana