Bijendra Kumar v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.797 of 2018 ====================================================== Bijendra Kumar Son of late Ramanandan Prasad Resident of Village- Karsa, P.O. P.S. Bikram, Distt. Patna.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State Of Bihar 2.

The Principal Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

3.

The Engineer-in-Chief-cum Special Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Bihar, Patna 4.

The Chief Engineering Mechanical Public Health Engineering Department, Bihar, Patna.

5.

The Superintending Engineer, Public Health Engineering Circle, Patna. 6.

The Executive Engineer, Public Health Engineering Division, Patna East, Patna.

... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Siyaram Pandey, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr.U.P.Singh, A.C. to S.C.-4 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER 27-02-2023 This writ application has been filed 28 years after removal of the petitioner as daily wager. He is seeking a direction to the respondents to consider him for regularization/absorption/appointment against Group-D post in the light of the notification of the General Administration Department, Government of Bihar as contained in resolution no. 639 dated 16.03.2006.

Learned counsel for the State has opposed this writ application on a preliminary ground that it has been filed 28

Patna High Court CWJC No.797 of 2018(6) dt.27-02-2023 2/2 years after removal of the petitioner as daily wager. To this Court, it appears that the writ application is fit to be dismissed on the ground of delay and laches alone. The delay is such that, at this stage, the petitioner has made himself disentitled for the reliefs prayed in this writ application. It is, therefore, dismissed.

(Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) vats/- U