IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. LPA No. 1503 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: March 24, 2011 Jarnail Singh and another …Appellants Versus State of Punjab …Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.P.S. MANN Present: None. 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? M.M. KUMAR, J. 1. The unsuccessful petitioner-appellants have filed the instant appeal under Clause X of the Letters Patent against the judgment dated 5.5.2009 passed by the learned Single Judge dismissing a bunch of petitions by concluding that the selection for the posts of Patwaris was made in the year 1991 and after 18 years it would not be appropriate to disturb the selection and grant relief to the petitioners. 2. The judgment dated 5.5.2009 passed by the learned Single Judge has already been assailed in LPA No. 1242 of 2009 (Sukhwinder Singh and others v. State of Punjab and others). After extracting the observations made by the learned Single Judge, the Letters Patent Bench dismissed the said appeal vide order dated 24.2.2010 by holding as under: LPA No. 1503 of 2010 (O&M) "4. On being asked as to whether after expiry of 19 years from the date of selection under challenge, the appellants are still eligible to be considered for the post, learned counsel for the appellants fairly stated that now the appellants have become over age. We find that no irregularity or illegality has been committed by learned Single Judge, declining to grant relief to the petitioner on the ground that after expiry of 18 years, selection made in 1991 should not be questioned. 5. Appeal lacks merit, hence is dismissed in limine." 3. Having perused the paper book we are of the considered view that the same position would prevail in the instant appeal. After such a long time the petitioner-appellants would have also become over age. Accordingly, concurring with the view taken by the Letters Patent Bench in the case of Sukhwinder Singh (supra) this appeal is also dismissed. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (T.P.S. MANN) 24.3.2011 JUDGE PKapoor 2