IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 12796 OF 2009 DATE OF DECISION : August 21, 2009. Parties Name Kitabo Devi ...PETITIONER VERSUS State of Haryana ...RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH PRESENT: None for the petitioner. JASBIR SINGH, J. (oral) ORDER: This writ petition has been filed to challenge order dated May 30, 2009 (P-4) dismissing application of the petitioner, praying for setting aside an award, passed by the Lok Adalat on March 21, 2009. Despite second call, none has put in appearance on behalf of the petitioner to assist this Court. Record reveals that the petitioner filed an application under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, to get compensation, on account of injuries received by her, in a motor vehicular accident. Before the Lok Adalat on March 21, 2009, matter was compromised and the petitioner was paid, an amount of Rs. 15,000/-towards compensation. Thereafter, she filed an application to set aside that award on the ground that she never instructed her counsel to compromise the matter. Her application was dismissed vide the impugned order by observing as under: CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 12796 OF 2009 -2- “After the counsel who was representing the petitioner had arrived at a compromise with the respondents before the Lok Adalat and got the petition disposed of, I find no ground to restore the petition as the order has already attained finality. No allegations of fraud or misrepresentation of any sort are levelled against the counsel nor the counsel seems to have done anything as may be taken to have prejudicially affected the rights of the petitioner in this case by obtaining the alleged order in the Lok Adalat. In such a situation, I will refrain myself from restoring the petition which has already finally been disposed of. The request is accordingly declined. The application stands dismissed. Papers be tagged with the main file.” This Court is of the view that the order passed is perfectly justified. In getting the matter compromised, no allegation has been levelled against counsel for the petitioner. Record reveals that in the writ petition, it has nowhere been stated that for the injuries, received by the petitioner, compensation granted was less. No case is made out for interference. Dismissed. ( Jasbir Singh ) Judge August 21, 2009. DKC