IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 3337 of 2007 Date of Decision : 05.03.2007 Sarwan Singh Khosa ... 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. G.K. Chatrath, Senior Advocate with, Ms. Anu Chatrath Kapur, Advocate, for the petitioner. J.S. Khehar, J. (Oral) Through the instant writ petition, the petitioner has impugned the order dated 27.10.1999 (Annexure P-8) vide which the petitioner's entire service has been forfeited. We are satisfied, that the instant writ petition suffers from delay and laches, and the same deserves to be dismissed for the aforesaid reason alone. Dismissed. It would, however, be pertinent to mention, that learned counsel for the petitioner placed reliance on the decision rendered by the Apex Court in State of Madhya Pradesh versus Syed Qamarali, 1967, S.L.R., 228. We have perused the aforesaid judgment. The same relates to the period of limitation in a matter which is subject to adjudication before a Civil Court. We are satisfied, that the aforesaid judgment is inapplicable to the present controversy. ( J.S. Khehar ) Judge March 05, 2007 ( S.D. Anand ) vkd Judge