Civil Writ Petition No. 18242 of 2008 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No. 18242 of 2008 Date of Decision: 13.10.2009 Tajinder Singh …Petitioner Versus Sports Authority of India and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. A.S. Sullar, Advocate for the petitioner. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The present petition has been filed seeking a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing of order dated 25.8.2008 (Annexure P1) vide which Indian Weightlifting Federation had banned the petitioner for life to participate in any sporting activity carried by the Federation or its Unit. The petitioner was selected to represent India in 85 Kgs. Category for Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne (Australia). It is submitted that when he went to Australia, he failed to clear the doping test and the International Weightlifting Federation had banned him for a period of two years. Counsel for the petitioner submits that in pursuance of application (Annexure P4) submitted by him, the Federation agreed that petitioner should again appear before the Sports Authority of India to undergo dope test. Counsel further submits that the order imposing life Civil Writ Petition No. 18242 of 2008 2 ban states that petitioner had to undergo second test conducted by the Sports Authority of India. But infact, the petitioner had never appeared before the Sports Authority of India. Therefore, the life ban imposed cannot be sustained. Whether petitioner was subjected to the second dope test as required by the Federation or not is a disputed question of fact which cannot be gone into by the present writ petition. However, taking into consideration that the petitioner has been banned for participating in any sports event for life and the same may cause extreme hardship to the petitioner, the present petition is disposed of with the direction that in case the representation is submitted to the President, Indian Weightlifting Federation, New Delhi, within two weeks, the same shall be placed before the Executive of Federation and shall be decided within three months, in accordance with the provisions of law. With these observations, the present petition is disposed of. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge October 13, 2009 “DK”