CWP (T) No. 2802/2008 26.3.2009: Present: Mr. D.P. Gupta, Advocate vice counsel for the petitioner. Mr. R.K. Sharma, Sr. Addl. A.G. with Mr. Vikas Rathore, Dy. Advocate General for the respondents. The case of the petitioner, in nutshell, is that the seniority was to be determined on the basis of final select list drawn by the selection committee for making direct recruitment. However, the fact of the matter is that the petitioner was appointed as a Junior Engineer in the month of May, 1977 and the provisional seniority list of Junior Engineer (Mechanical) as it stood on 31.12.1983 was published on 1.8.1985. The present petition has been filed in the year 1995. It is settled law that the seniority like the promotion has to be assailed within the reasonable period. The petitioner has not explained the inordinate delay in assailing the seniority. The settled things cannot be unsettled. Accordingly, there is no merit in the petition and the same is dismissed. No costs. (Rajiv Sharma), March 26, 2009 Judge. *Awasthi*