{"id":81066,"date":"2009-11-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-15T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-harjit-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-16-november-2009"},"modified":"2017-04-20T19:34:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T14:04:25","slug":"dr-harjit-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-16-november-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-harjit-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-16-november-2009","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Harjit Singh vs State Of Punjab And Others on 16 November, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Dr. Harjit Singh vs State Of Punjab And Others on 16 November, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>        IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\n                        CHANDIGARH\n\n\n                                            C.W.P. No. 5013 of 1993\n                                 DATE OF DECISION: November 16, 2009\n\nDr. Harjit Singh                                       .........PETITIONER(S)\n\n\n                                  VERSUS\n\n\n\nState of Punjab and Others                             ......RESPONDENT(S)\n\nCORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA\n\nPresent: None for the petitioner.\n\n          Ms. Charu Tuli, Sr. DAG, Punjab.\n\n          Mr. Sandeep Singh, Advocate,\n          for respondent no. 4.\n\n\nAJAI LAMBA, J. (ORAL)\n<\/pre>\n<p>          The prayer made in the petition is for appointment of the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner as Principal instead of respondent no. 3.<\/p>\n<p>          Learned counsel for the respondent states that under the<\/p>\n<p>circumstances, the matter would have been rendered infructuous on account<\/p>\n<p>of efflux of time.\n<\/p>\n<p>          Disposed of as such, however, with liberty to the petitioner to<\/p>\n<p>revive the matter if any cause of action remains.<\/p>\n<pre>16.11.2009                                                 (AJAI LAMBA)\n  shivani                                                      JUDGE\n\n\n<\/pre>\n<p>1. To be referred to the reporters or not?\n<\/p>\n<p>2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Dr. Harjit Singh vs State Of Punjab And Others on 16 November, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. 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