FAO No.5167 of 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.5167 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision : 16.08.2011 The Lok Sewak Bus Service Ptd. Ltd. .......Appellant Versus United India Insurance Company Ltd. and others .......Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: Mr. Vishwajeet Bedi, Advocate, for the appellant. **** JITENDRA CHAUHAN, J. (ORAL) Heard. The only ground raised by the learned counsel for the appellant is that the learned Tribunal fell into error by holding that the driving licence of the driver, Harnek Singh, was fake. In his evidence, RW-4, Himat Singh, Clerk, DTO Office, Fatehgarh Sahib, clearly stated that the driving licence of Harnek Singh had been renewed from 16.5.1997 to 15.5.2000. It is averred that before renewal, the Licensing Authority must have verified the genuineness of the original driving licence. During his examination, Himat Singh, RW4, made a statement that on 17.5.1991, driving licence bearings Nos.3547/DD91 to 3578/DD/91 had only been issued by the Licensing Authority and 1 FAO No.5167 of 2011 no driving licence bearing No.10433 had ever been issued by the same. On the basis of this statement, the learned Tribunal came to the conclusion that the driving licence in question was a fake one. Even the appellant herein was also given an opportunity to prove the genuineness of the driving licence by obtaining the report in this behalf from the Licensing Authority, but he failed to do so. In this view of the matter, in my considered opinion, the findings record by the learned Tribunal do not suffer from any perversity and it has rightly granted the recovery rights to the Insurance Company. No other point has been canvassed. No merit. Dismissed in limine. No ground for condonation of 336 days in filing the present appeal is made out, hence, the CM application seeking condonation of delay is also dismissed. ( JITENDRA CHAUHAN ) 16.08.2011 JUDGE atulsethi Note: Whether to be referred to reporter ? Yes/No 2