CWP NO.5762 of 1991 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP NO.5762 of 1991 Date of decision: 16th December, 2009 Platoon Commander Umed Singh ....... Petitioner Versus The State of Haryana and others ........Respondents Before: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI Present: Mr. Sunil Tandon, Advocate, for Mr. Rameshwar Malik, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Ravi Dutt Sharma, DAG, Haryana for the respondent-State Permod Kohli,J.(Oral) The petitioner was appointed as Lance Corporal Clerk in the year 1963. He was promoted as Corporal Clerk w.e.f. 15.12.1964 and later as Havaldar Clerk, on 2.07.1976. It is alleged that respondent no. 2 the Commandant General Home Guards and Director Civil Defence Haryana, vide order dated 1.06.1989, has passed various orders i.e. refixing the seniority of Platoon Commanders and also reviewed the dates of promotion. Promotions to the post of Platoon Commander and Company Commander were reviewed. In view of the aforesaid order, the petitioner forwarded an application (Annexure P-3) and representation (Annexure P-4). Since, no decision was taken, the petitioner filed CWP NO.5762 of 1991 2 CWP No.14562 of 1990, which was disposed of vide order dated 15.11.1990, directing the respondents to decide the representation of the petitioner within a period of three months. Consequent upon the aforesaid directions , the respondents have passed the order dated 14.02.1991(Annexure P-9), rejecting the representation of the petitioner, primarily on the ground of delay and latches, having been filed after 21 years. The petitioner has filed this petition, seeking promotion on the basis of his seniority. Presently, the order dated 14.02.1991(Annexure P-9), passed consequent upon the directions of this Court, has not been challenged. Not only this, even the juniors who are said to have been promoted ignoring the petitioner have not been impleaded as parties. They are necessary parties. In the absence of any challenge to Annexure P-9, no relief can be granted to the petitioner. In view of the above, the petition is dismissed. [PERMOD KOHLI] JUDGE 16th December, 2009 Shivani Kaushik