Civil Revision No. 5558 of 2008 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 5558 of 2008 Date of Decision: 14.10.2009 Subhash Chander ......Appellant Versus Shanti Prakash Jain and others .......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA 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? Present: Shri Sandeep Chhabra, Advocate, for the petitioners. Shri Suvineet Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No.1. Shri Harkesh Manuja, Advocate, for respondents No. 2 to 4. HEMANT GUPTA, J. (Oral). Defendants No. 1, 7 and 8 are in revision aggrieved against the order passed by the learned trial Court on 12.2.2007, whereby respondent Nos. 2 to 4, were ordered to be impleaded as parties to the suit. The plaintiff-respondent No.1 has filed suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell dated 23.2.2005. The plaintiff also entered into an agreement to sell with respondent Nos. 2 to 4 on 18.11.2005. The sale deed in pursuance of both the agreements was to be executed on or before 15.11.2005. Since the sale deed was not Civil Revision No. 5558 of 2008 [2] executed in terms of the aforesaid agreements, respondent Nos. 2 to 4 moved an application for impleading themselves as party in the present proceedings. The said application was allowed by the learned trial Court on 12.2.2007. The said order is challenged by the petitioners by way of the present petition filed on 15.10.2008 i.e. after more than one and half years of passing of said order. It is contended by the learned counsel for respondent Nos. 2 to 4 that the petitioners have intentionally delayed the filing of the petition so as to defeat the cause of action of the said respondents to seek specific performance of the agreement by way of a separate suit. Counsel for the petitioners contends that the present petitioners were proceeded exparate. Such exparte proceedings were set aside on 1.11.2007. Therefore, the present petition filed on 15.10.2008, cannot be said to be suffering from delay and laches. The order impugned in the present revision petition is dated 12.2.2007. Such order cannot be permitted to be challenged by the petitioners by way of the present petition after more than one and half years of the passing of said order. Even after the setting aside of exparte proceedings, the revision has been filed almost after one year. Thus, the present petition suffers from gross delay and laches. Consequently, the present petition is dismissed. [ HEMANT GUPTA ] JUDGE 14-10-2009 ds