L.P.A. No. 14 of 2010 (O&M) -1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH L.P.A. No. 14 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision 18.08.2010 Satyavir Singh -----Appellant Versus State of Haryana and another ---Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present: Mr. Manoj Chahal, Advocate for the appellant. 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? M.M. KUMAR, J. The instant appeal by an unsuccessful writ petitioner-appellant under Clause X of the Letters Patent is directed against the judgment dated 28.07.2009 passed by the learned Single Judge in C.W.P. No. 19096 of 2008 while disposing of his writ petition. The grievance of the writ petitioner-appellant before the learned Single Judge was that the persons junior to him like Shri Mahavir Prasad was getting more salary than him. The learned Single Judge repelled the argument that he was entitled to same benefit, which was given to one Shri Ram Avtar, who succeeded before this Court and the judgment is reported as Ram Avtar v. Transport Commissioner and another 2000 (3) RSJ 619. It has been found that the writ petitioner-appellant has approached this Court after a lapse of 27 years and it has accordingly been held that he cannot claim the benefit of a judgment when he has come to Court after such a long L.P.A. No. 14 of 2010 (O&M) -2 time. After hearing learned counsel for the appellant, we are of the considered view that no interference in the view taken by the learned Single Judge would be warranted as it is well settled that the law always come to the rescue of those who are vigilant and approached the Court promptly. For the aforesaid proposition, we may place reliance on a Full Bench judgment of this Court rendered in the case of Punjab State Electricity Board v. Ashok Kumar Sehgal, 1989 (2) RSJ 306. Therefore, on principles as well as on precedents, the appellant has no case. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (RITU BAHRI) JUDGE August 18, 2010 Atul