IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.18626 of 2009 1. RAJESH KUMAR S/O SRI TARKESHWAR PRASAD R/O VILL- RAM SAGAR, P.O. MUTUK, P.S. BARHARA, DISTT. BHOJPUR, AT PRESENT POSTED AS CLERK AT ADDITIONAL PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE, BHADWAN (BUXAR) Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE SECRETARY/COMMISSIONER DEPTT. OF HEALTH SERVICE, GOVT., NEW SECRETARIAT, PATNA 2. THE DIRECTOR-IN-CHIEF HEALTH SERVICE, BIHAR NEW SECRETARIATE, PATNA 3. THE REGIONAL DEPUTY DIRECTOR HEALTH SERVICES, PATNA DIVISION, PATNA 4. THE CIVIL SURGEON-CUM-CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER BHOJPUR, BUXAR 5. THE CIVIL SURGEON-CUM-CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER BHOJPUR, ARRAH 6. DR. BAIKUND PRASAD YADAV S/O NOT KNOWN DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SADAR HOSPITAL, ARRAH, PRESENTLY OFFICIATING AS CIVIL SURGEON-CUM- CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, BHOJPUR, ARRAH 7. IN CHARGE MEDICAL OFFICER BHADWAR BLOCK, P.S. BHADWAR, BUXAR 8. SUPERINTENDENT T.V. HOSPITAL, KOILWAR, BHOJPUR ----------- 02/ 03.05.2010 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel appearing for the State. Petitioner was appointed on 1.11.1989 as Health Worker vide order contained in Memo No. 890/Koilwar dated 1.11.1989. He continued to work for some time and his appointment was finally cancelled in the year, 1996. Challenging the termination order petitioner filed CWJC No. 6085 of 1998, which was dismissed for default vide order dated 23.3.1999. Thereafter MJC No. 1308 of 1999 was filed by the petitioner for restoration of the writ application, that was also dismissed for the reason that it was filed by some other lawyer than the lawyer appearing in the writ application. Thereafter, the petitioner did not file - 2 - any writ application. For ten years there was total inaction on behalf of the petitioner. Present writ application has been filed in the year, 2009, breaking silence, maintained by the petitioner for ten years. The delay of ten years has not been explained by the petitioner. This application is dismissed as not maintainable, being time barred. DKS/ (Mridula Mishra, J.)