Dharmawati Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.15306 of 2022 ====================================================== Dharmawati Devi W/o Late Rampati Ram, Resident of Village- Karanpura (Pipra) P.O. and P.S.- Durgawati, District- Kaimur (Bhabua). ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Education, Bihar, Patna.

2.

The District Education Officer, Bhabua, District- Kaimur. 3.

The District Programme Officer (Establishment), Bhabua, District- Kaimur. 4.

The Accountant General, Bihar Patna.

5.

Shashikant Nirala S/o Late Rampati Ram, Resident of Village- Karanpura, Pipra, P.O. and P.S.- Durgawati, District- Kaimur at Bhabua. 6.

Sunita Devi W/o Devendra Kumar Yadav, Resident of village- Karjo, P.O.- Patan Tehsil Nim, P.S. and District- Shiffer (Rajasthan). ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Abhash, Advocate For respondent no.6 :

Mr. Arvind Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Madhukar Mishra, AC to SC-16 For the A.G.

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Mr. Rajendra Prasad, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 15-05-2023 Heard the parties.

The present petition has been preferred for a direction upon the respondents to make payment of Death-cum-Retiral gratuity, full family pension, General Provident fund, Group Insurance and gratuity etc.

A perusal of the order dated 26.03.2014 in CWJC No. 8958 of 2013 (Annexure-2) shows that a Bench of this Court had disposed of the matter relating to the retiral-cum-death benefit with certain direction to the respondents.

Patna High Court CWJC No.15306 of 2022(4) dt.15-05-2023 2/2 Aggrieved, Civil Review No. 417 of 2014 was filed by the petitioner which was dismissed as withdrawn on 29.4.2015 (Annexure-5) after granting liberty to challenge the memo no. 508 dated 21.10.2014 passed by the District Education Officer, Kaimur at Bhabhua.

Seven years later, in 2022, the petitioner has chosen to challenge the order.

No averment has been made for the said inordinate delay of seven years in challenging the order that was passed in 2014.

On the ground of delay and laches alone, the petition stands dismissed.

(Rajiv Roy, J) Ravi/KiranU