IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.O.C.P. No.372 of 1986 Date of Decision:- 14.12.2006 Bant Singh ....Petitioner(s) through None. vs. Sh.Harbhajan Singh Marok & anr. ....Respondent(s) through None. *** CORAM:-HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. *** SURYA KANT, J. This contempt petition was filed alleging wilful disobedience of the order dated 26.9.1986 passed by the Assistant Registrar, Co-operative Societies, in exercise of his appellate jurisdiction. After issuance of show cause notice, the matter came up for hearing on February 23, 1987 when it was informed that the above-mentioned order of the Assistant Registrar, Co- operative Societies, had already been impugned by the Society concerned before the Registrar, Co-operative Societies. This Court in order to protect the interest of the petitioner, who was respondent before the Registrar, Cooperative Society, deemed it appropriate to direct the Society concerned to furnish an undertaking before this Court to the effect that if its challenge to the afore-stated order does not succeed upto the highest Court, it will reinstate the petitioner within a fortnight of the final decision. On April 8, 1987, the requisite undertaking was furnished by the Society. This petition was accordingly adjourned till the matter was to be decided by the Registrar, Cooperative Societies. No step has been taken thereafter by learned counsel for the C.O.C.P. No.372 of 1986 -2- parties to get this petition re-listed. It appears that with the passage of long period of more than 19 years, the claim and counter claim of the parties must have been decided upto the highest Court and as such, this petition, with the passage of time, has been rendered infructuous. Ordered accordingly. Rule discharged. December 14, 2006 ( SURYA KANT ) poonam JUDGE