G A GUJRI Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) ABOUT to complete 25th year of its sad continuation, this writ petition forms the latest round of litigation that was waged by petitioner against respondent -State and its functionaries as far as back in 1982 but did not end despite express court orders in his favour, and arises now with the following circumstantial backdrop.

(2.) CLAIMING to have been wrongfully denied his appropriate and rightful seniority in the department the petitioner, who has been member of the Gazetted service of the State Animal Husbandry Department, instituted SWP no. 111/82 along with some co -petitioners which was disposed of by this court in September 1998 in following terms: -

(3.) THE judgment was however assailed by respondents before D.B through a time barred LPA which was turned down with total refusal to condone the delay, in following terms: -