IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.2009 of 1988 (O&M) Date of decision: 12.12.2011 Babu Singh son of Shri Gurdev Singh, resident of Village and Post Office Lehra Gagga, District Sangrur. ...Petitioner versus State of Punjab, through the Secretary to Government Punjab, Cooperation Department, Chandigarh, and another. ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Mr. Kapil Kumar Yadav, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. S.S. Sahu, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondent No.1. None for respondent No.2. ---- 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 seeks for issue of a letter of appointment to the petitioner, who sought for his consideration to the post of a Junior Clerk on the ground that as a person belonged to scheduled caste, the rule of reservation must have been applied. The case cannot deserve a consideration on merits for the only reason that the petitioner's candidature for a fresh appointment Civil Writ Petition No.2009 of 1988 (O&M) - 2 - cannot be considered after 23 years. The petition is dismissed not on the merits of claim which the petitioner refers to in the petition but as an issue of inexigency in securing to him the relief that he seeks for through the writ petition. 2. The writ petition is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE 12.12.2011 sanjeev