IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.10170 of 1988 Date of Decision: 29.09.2010 Mohinder Singh ........Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and another .......Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. R.D.Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana for respondent No.1. Mr. R.A.Sheoran, Advocate for respondent No.2. ****** PERMOD KOHLI, J. (ORAL) Petitioner was appointed as Assistant Development Officer on daily wages on 06.12.1983. He continued under the engagement upto June, 1984, when the services of the petitioner were dispensed with. He was engaged as Clerk on 25.06.1984 against the leave vacancy on temporary basis where he served upto 03.10.1984. His engagement was shifted to another leave vacancy of Shri Suraj Mal, who proceeded on training for a period of 24 weeks. Here also, petitioner continued till 21.03.1985. The service were again dispensed with, vide order dated 21.03.1985. The petitioner made a representation against his termination. He was again engaged on 01.08.1985 as Secretary in the Primary Society namely the Narwana Cooperative Housing Building Society Ltd., Narwana where he served upto 16.07.1986. The petitioner thereafter made some representations for his re-engagement but no decision was taken thereon. In the year 1988, an advertisement was issued in the newspaper on 28.09.1988 whereby applications were invited for the post of Clerk-cum- Civil Writ Petition No.10170 of 1988 -2- typist. Petitioner also applied for the said post but he was not interviewed. This petition was filed seeking a direction for regularisation of his services and also for a direction to permit the petitioner to appear in the interview, which was scheduled to be held on 08.11.1988. This petition is pending for the last more than 20 years. Admittedly, petitioner is out of service. The interviews were directed to be held in November, 1988 and the vacancies must have been filled by now. At this belated stage, no relief can be granted to the petitioner. Dismissed. 29.09.2010 (PERMOD KOHLI) Gagan JUDGE