- 27 October 2017. Delay condoned. Leave granted.
- 6 July 2018. Await certificate of service of both the respondents from the concerned court. List again on 21.8.2018.
- 4 December 2018. Reminder be issued for certificate of service in respect of both respondents. List again on 4.2.2019.
- 4 February 2019. Await certificate of service of both respondents. List again on 4.4.2019.
- 9 April 2019. Service is complete qua respondent No.2 but no one has entered appearance on his behalf. As per High Court report, respondent No.1 has expired.
- 30 August 2019. Respondent No.1 is reported to be dead. Learned counsel for the petitioner shall within a period of four weeks, as last chance file an application for substitution to bring on record his Lrs. Service of notice is complete qua respondent No.2 but no one has entered appearance on his behalf.
- 9 January 2020. Service is complete upon respondent No. 2, but no one has entered appearance on his behalf. Ld. counsel for the petitioner has already filed an application for substitution which is defective in respect of deceased Respondent No. 1. Ld. counsel shall with in a period of four weeks rectify the defects whatever have been
- 3 March 2020. Service of notice is complete qua respondent No.2 but no one has entered appearance on his behalf. Learned counsel for appellant has filed an application for substitution to bring on record the Lrs. of deceased re spondent No.1. Registry has pointed out defects in the said application.
- 25 June 2020. Service is complete on respondent no.2 but none has entered appearance. Application for substitution alongwith application for condonation of delay in respect of deceased respondent no.1 be processed for listing before the Hon'ble Judge in Chamber for orders.
- 23 November 2020. IA Nos. 136173/2019, 57225/2020 & 57226/2020 Application for substitution of deceased respondent is allowed subject to all just exceptions after condoning the delay and setting aside abatement in filing the substitution application. Applications are accordingly allowed.
- 9 March 2022. Certificate of service in respect of unserved respondent Nos. 1(i) and 1(vii) is awaited from the High Court. D.O. shall be issued to the Registrar General of the High Court for dispatching of the certificate at the earliest but not later than two weeks from the receipt of the D.O.
- 22 April 2022. Service is complete on respondent nos. 1(i) to 1(vii) and 2 but none has entered appearance on their behalf. Parties may file statement of case within the stipulated period.
- 21 May 2025. 1. As per Office Report dated 20.05.2025, application has been filed to dispose of the Civil Appeal on the basis of the settlement. However, according to the Office, in the affidavit, the name of the deponent is disclosed as Babal Kumar whereas in the cause-title of the Civil Appeal, the name is mentioned as Balbir Kum
- 27 January 2026. 1. The learned counsel for the appellant prays for a week's further time to comply with our order dated 21.05.2025. 2. List immediately after two weeks.
- 22 August 2026. 1. The settlement format dated 03.07.2026, forwarded by the CJM-cum-Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Patiala, is on record. 2. The Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Patiala, is present through video conferencing mode.
- Counsel named on these orders, not a complete vakalatnama, include the advocates listed below.
Advocates — Appellants: Mr. Jimmy Singla, Mr. U.P. Singh, Mr. D. K. Devesh, Mr. Vikrant Y.S. Narula, Mr. Rohit Vats, Mr. Robin Khokhar, Mr. Vikrant Y. S. Narula, Mr. J. Singh, Dr Satish Chandra, Ms. Shashi Kiran, Ms. Sadhana Sandhu, Dr. Satish Chandra Advocates — Respondents: Mr. Nisarg Choudhary, Mr. Puneet Sheoran, Mr. Prashant Karan, Mr. Sandeep Kumar Sansanwal, Mr. Manish Kumar, Ms. Aarti Sheoran