Civil Writ Petition No. 3663 of 1988 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 3663 of 1988 Date of decision : 18.02.2010 Manjit Singh ....Petitioner V/s CState of Punjab and others ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: None for the petitioner. Ms. Sudeepti Sharma, Deputy Advocate General Punjab RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) Learned counsel for the State has pointed out that the land in question was declared surplus on 30.09.1977. The petitioner preferred an appeal six years thereafter i.e. on 29.07.1983. The appeal was dismissed by Commissioner (Appeal) Ferozepur Division on 20.03.1984. He observed inter alia that petitioner was represented before Collector Agrarian, Ferozepur through his counsel and was thus aware of the order passed on 30.09.1977 but chose not to appeal against the same within the limitation prescribed. Since the appeal was filed after the delay of six years, the same was dismissed. The petitioner preferred a revision petition against the said order. The same was also dismissed by Financial Commissioner (Appeal) on 21.01.1988. The case has been heard at length. However, no one has put in appearance on behalf of the petitioner despite the fact that it was passed Civil Writ Petition No. 3663 of 1988 2 over thrice to await the counsel. Same was the situation on the last two dates of hearing. It appears that petitioner is no longer interested in pursuing this petition. Dismissed for non-prosecution. February 18, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE