IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 9466 of 2010 Date of Decision: 21.5.2010 Jitender Parmar ....Petitioner. Versus Union Territory of Chandigarh and others ...Respondents. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL. PRESENT: Mr. R.S. Mamli, Advocate for the petitioner. AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. By way of instant petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has prayed for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the orders dated 8.12.1992 (Annexure P-1) and dated 2.9.2009 (Annexure P-2) and further directing the respondents to grant him disability pension with all consequential benefits from the due date. The petitioner joined with the respondents as Store Keeper and during the course of his employment, he suffered severe depression and other related disease. He could not come present on duty on 19.7.1991, 20.7.1991 and 30.7.1991 due to the said problem. The department conducted an enquiry against the petitioner and issued a show cause notice to him. The petitioner did not submit any reply to the said show cause notice. Consequently, the services of the petitioner were terminated vide order dated 8.12.1992. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and have perused the file with his assistance. CWP No. 9466 of 2010 -2- The services of the petitioner were terminated on 8.12.1992. The petitioner has challenged the said order after a period of more than 17 years by way of the present writ petition. No justified reason has been given to explain the inordinate delay. In view of the above, the present writ petition is dismissed on the ground of delay and laches. May 21, 2010 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) gbs JUDGE