Dismissed¶25
Chandrahas Patel v. State of Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh HCWPS/101/2020
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur, single bench (Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal), WPS No. 101 of 2020, decided 11/02/2026: writ petition dismissed challenging rejection of an application for compassionate appointment filed on 14-3-2016, 21 years after the petitioner's father Shri Dinesh Kumar Patel died in harness on 7-1-1994; the court held the application suffered from delay and laches and was rightly dismissed, with no order as to costs.
What did the court decide?
The application for compassionate appointment, filed with a delay of 21 years after the father's death, suffers from delay and laches; since the petitioner has survived for this period, the application has rightly been dismissed on the ground of delay and laches. ¶25