In the High Court for the States of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh … RSA No. 4208 of 2009(O&M) Date of decision: July 28,2010 Jagsir Singh ..Appellant. Versus Harbhagwan Singh ..Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rakesh Kumar Garg Present: None .. Rakesh Kumar Garg,J This appeal came up for motion hearing on 4.2.2010. However, no one was present on behalf of the appellant and in the interest of justice the case was adjourned to 15.3.2010. On 15.3.2010, a request for adjournment was made on the ground that counsel for the appellant was unwell. The case was adjourned for 28.7.2010,i.e., today. Today again no one is present to assist the court. The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the case of Smt. Poonam Versus Sumit Tanwar AIR 2010 SC 1384 has observed that the court is not obliged to decide the case on merits if necessary assistance is not provided to the court. The relevant observation of the Hon'ble Supreme Court reads as follows:- “In absence of proper assistance to court by the lawyer, there is no obligation on the part of the court to decide the case, for the simple reason that unless the lawyer renders the proper assistance to the court, the Court is not able to decide the case. It is not for the court itself to decide the controversy. The counsel cannot just raise the issues in his petition and leave it to the court to give its decision on those points after going through the record and determining the correctness thereof. It is not for the Court itself to find out what the points for determination can be and then proceed to give a decision on those points. In case counsel for the party is not able to render any assistance, the Court may decline to entertain the petition.” Faced with this situation, I have no option but to dismiss this appeal. Dismissed. July 28,2010 (RAKESH KUMAR GARG) nk JUDGE