IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.4017 of 2009 Date of Decision : April 28, 2010. Malkiat Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Dr.M.L.Sachdeva, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.B.S.Chahal, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner is claiming promotion to the post of Lecturer- in-History retrospectively from 1991 to 1993 when his junior, namely, respondent No.5, was allegedly promoted. For this relief, the petitioner had earlier filed a Civil Writ Petition No.20432 of 2002 which was disposed of by a Division Bench of this Court vide an order dated 20.12.2002 with a direction to the respondents to pass an appropriate order on the legal notice served on his behalf. In compliance thereto, the respondents have passed a speaking order dated 28.5.2003 rejecting the petitioner's claim. Concededly, the said order was not challenged by the petitioner within a reasonable period. Even in this writ petition also, C.W.P.No .4017 of 2009 2 quashing of the said order has not been sought nor such a relief can be entertained at this belated stage. The second writ petition on the same cause of action as well as the claim itself suffer with delay and laches, besides being legally mis-conceived. Dismissed. April 28, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE