IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ PetitionNo.21670 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 22.11.2011 Smt. Rekha Rani and others .....Petitioners versus Union of India, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi, through its Secretary, and others. ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Mr. Rajesh Narang, Advocate, for the petitioners. ---- 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) The petition is for damages alleged to have been caused by the respondents' act in the year 2002. According to the petitioners, several persons, who had similar grievance have instituted suits and the respondents have been promising to assess the compensation and pay to them. I cannot understand as to how this can afford to the petitioners any justification for not taking action for recovery of damages which the petitioners claim after a period of 9 years from the time when the cause of action arose. The petition is guilty of laches and it is dismissed as such. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE 22.11.2011 sanjeev