IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.R. No.24 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision: 7.1.2009. Jaspal Singh and others ....Petitioners. Versus Lakhvir Singh and others ...Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present:- Ms.Sonia G. Singh, Advocate for the petitioners. RAJESH BINDAL, J. **** The challenge in the present petition is to the order passed by the learned Court below dated November 1, 2008, whereby in an application filed by the petitioners for being impleaded as LRs of deceased Buggar Singh has been allowed and the petitioner/applicants have been allowed to join proceedings from the current stage of the suit. The grouse raised by the petitioners is that since they have now been permitted to join proceedings they should be permitted to file written statement as well so that they can come out with their defence otherwise any evidence led by them will not be considered. The prayer was considered by the learned Court below and was rejected for the reason that the other LRs of Buggar Singh had filed application for being impleaded in the suit. The same was allowed long back. They filed written statement also and when the case was fixed for evidence of defendants, the present petitioners filed application for being impleaded as LRs of Buggar Singh. It has been noticed by the Court below that all the LRs except one are the resident of the same house. When some of the LRs filed application for being impleaded earlier there was no reason for the petitioners to have not approached the Court earlier. The effort was only to delay the proceedings. C.R. No.24 of 2009 -2- With these facts on record, I do not find any illegality or irregularity committed by the learned Court below in rejecting the prayer of the petitioners for granting them an opportunity to file written statement. The Court had appropriately allowed them to join the proceedings from the stage the suit was proceeding. Accordingly, I do not find any merit in the revision petition and the same is dismissed. (RAJESH BINDAL) 7.1.2009 JUDGE Reema