IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.7274 of 2008 Date of Decision : July 21, 2010. Arvinder Singh .....Petitioner versus The State Transport Appellate Tribunal, Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.H.S.Sawhney, Senior Advocate with Mr.Rajinder Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.H.S.Brar, Additional, Advocate General, Punjab. Mr.P.S.Bawa, Advocate, for respondent No.3. -.- 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 seeks quashing of the order dated 24.8.2006 (Annexure P-2) passed by the State Transport Appellate Tribunal, Punjab, whereby his appeal against the order dated 30.12.2004 (Annexure P-1) has been dismissed being time barred. The question as to whether the period of limitation prescribed for filing an appeal under Rule 85 of the Punjab Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 against an order passed by the State or the Regional Transport C.W.P.No .7274 of 2008 2 Authority, commences from the date of receipt of said order or the date on which the aggrieved party acquires actual or constructive knowledge about making thereof, has been authoritatively resolved by a Full Bench of this Court vide decision dated 30.1.2009 passed in Civil Writ Petition No.8229 of 2007 (Jagtar Singh versus The State Transport Appellate Tribunal and others). In this view of the matter, the writ petition is allowed; the impugned order dated 24.8.2006 (Annexure P-2) is set-aside and the matter is remitted to the State Transport Appellate Tribunal to re-determine the question as to whether or not the appeal filed by the petitioner is within limitation, in the light of the parameters laid down by the Full Bench, cited above. The parties shall be at liberty to raise their contentions before the Appellate Tribunal which shall be dealt with in accordance with law. Dasti. July 21, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE