IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.4171 of 2009 Date of Decision : November 29, 2010. Purshotam Lal Vatta .....Petitioner versus Union of India and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Jagdish Manchanda, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.B.R.Mahajan, Advocate, for respondent Nos.2 to 4. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner is aggrieved by the orders dated 10.1.2000 and 4.12.2008 (Annexures P-4 & P-7) passed by respondent Nos.4 & 3, respectively. The respondents in their reply-affidavit have pointed out that the petitioner has got an alternative statutory remedy of filing Memorial before the Chairman of the respondent-Corporation under Rule 24 of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (Agents) Rules, 1972 (hereinafter referred to as `the Rules'). Rule 24 of the Rules (ibid), as reproduced by the respondents in their reply-affidavit, reveals that the Memorial could be submitted by C.W.P.No .4171 of 2009 2 the petitioner within a period of three months from the date of receiving the order of the Appellate Authority. Keeping in view the availability of alternative remedy, the writ petition is disposed of at this stage with liberty to the petitioner to file a Memorial within a period of one month from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order and in the event of filing the same within the stipulated period, the Chairman of the Corporation-Authority (competent to hear and decide the Memorial) is directed to decide the same on merits without entertaining the objections of `limitation'. It shall be appreciated if the Memorial-cum-revision petition is decided within a period of four months of its submission. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. November 29, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE