CWP No.7685 of 1989(O&M) [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.7685 of 1989 (O&M) Date of Decision: 23.09.2011 Dr. C.K. Nain, Associate Professor (Enzymology) Department of Gastroenterology of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh. ... Petitioner Versus Indian Council of Medical Research through its Director General, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi and another. ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present: Mr. Rajiv Kumar Saini, Advocate for Mr. G.S. Hooda, Advocate, for the petitioner. None for the respondents. ***** 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? NO 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? NO 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest? NO K. KANNAN, J. (Oral) 1. The writ petition had been filed seeking for a restraint against the Indian Council of Medical Research for award of Kshanika Oration Award, 1988 to Dr. Saroj Mehta. The petitioner would point out to the necessary criterion for grant of such an award and would urge that the 2nd respondent has not the eligibility to obtain the award. 2. The 1st respondent has filed the reply stating that the nominations were called for through an advertisement and there had been 4 persons named, out of whom the 2nd respondent was one. Her research was found to be commendable and she being the first author named in the book the award was chosen to be given to her. The petitioner's claim was that there was a co-author and so she could not have been fully credited for the work. Such an objection had been CWP No.7685 of 1989(O&M) [2] rejected on account of the fact that Kshanika Oration Award was meant exclusively for Women Scientists. Therefore, the question of giving the award to the petitioner did not arise. The petitioner could not, therefore, have any complaint. 3. Even otherwise, the award granted in the year 1988 cannot be a subject of adjudication in the year 2011. The writ petition is, consequently, dismissed. SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 ( K. KANNAN ) Rajan JUDGE