CWP No. 12420 of 2006 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh. CWP No. 12420 of 2006 Date of Decision: 01.12.2006 Krishan Lal ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others. ....Respondents. Coram:- Hon'ble Mr.Justice J.S. Khehar. Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.D. Anand. Present: Mr. S.S. Sodhi, Advocate for Mr. R.S. Dhaliwal, Advocate for the petitioner. ... J.S. Khehar, J. (Oral). Consequent upon the holding of a regular departmental enquiry, wherein the enquiry officer found the petitioner guilty of the allegations levelled against him, a show cause notice was issued to the petitioner on 31.6.1997, whereupon, he was dismissed from service by an order dated 27.4.1998. The petitioner preferred an appeal against the order dated 27.4.1998, which was dismissed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Jalandhar, by an order dated 13.1.1999. As against the order of dismissal dated 27.4.1998 and the appellate order dated 13.1.1999, the petitioner filed a revision petition, which was dismissed by the Inspector General of Police, Patiala, on 24.9.1999. With the dismissal of the revision petition, the petitioner exhausted all his statutory remedies. The petitioner, CWP No. 12420 of 2006 2 thereafter, continued to make representations to the respondents, and also continued to file mercy petitions. However, when no order was passed in favour of the petitioner, he approached this Court by filing the instant writ petition in the year 2006. In sum and substance, through the instant writ petition, the petitioner is impugning the order passed by the Inspector General of Police, Patiala, dated 24.9.1999, whereby the petitioner exhausted all his statutory remedies. As of now, even a civil suit cannot be filed to challenge the order dated 24.9.1999, in view of the law of limitation. The instant writ petition is highly belated, and is, accordingly, dismissed for reasons of delay and laches. ( J.S. Khehar ) Judge. ( S.D. Anand ) Judge. 01.12.2006 sk.