IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.3307 of 1988 Date of Decision: January 12, 2009 Bhag Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS The State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - None for the petitioner. Mr. Kamaldeep Singh Sidhu, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) The orders under challenge in this petition are Annexures P-3 and P-4. The Deputy Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Ferozepur, was approached in appellate jurisdiction by petitioner, Bhag Singh, while impugning award passed on 29.4.1980. Vide Order, Annexure P-3, the Deputy Registrar, Cooperative Societies, noticed that a notice was also published in the press by the Arbitrator for appearance but the parties did not turn up. The appellant was arrested on or about 23.12.1981. He applied for copy of the award on 25.2.1985 and was supplied the copy on 26.2.1985. Even after that, he did not file CWP No.3307 of 1988 [2] appeal. Appeal was presented on 22.4.1985. The appeal being time barred was dismissed vide Order dated 31.7.1985, Annexure P-3. A revision was carried before the Commissioner (Appeals), Jalandhar Divsion, exercising the powers of Punjab Government under the Punjab Cooperative Societies Act, 1961. Vide Order dated 3.12.1987, Annexure P-4, the order passed by the Deputy Registrar has been upheld. At the time of admission, there was only stay of arrest of the petitioner. The proceedings would have attained finality as the award was passed as far back as in April 1980 and there was no stay to its execution. The petition is disposed of as infructuous. (AJAI LAMBA) January 12, 2009 JUDGE avin