IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2492 of 2010 1. SIDHESHWAR PRASAD, PROPRIETOR OF YADAV TIMBER, BILSA S/O SRI PRABHU PRASAD R/O RAJENDRA NAGAR HILSA, P.S- HILSA, DISTT- NALANDA Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE SECRETARY, ENVIRONMENT OF FOREST DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR,PATNA 2. THE PRINCIPAL CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FOREST, BIHAR, PATNA 3. THE DEPUTY SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENT OF FOREST AND ENVIRONMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 4. THE DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER, NALANDA FOREST DIVISION, BIHARSHARIF 5. THE FOREST RANGE OFFICER, HILSA RANGE, HILSA ----------- 2/ 29/04/2011 No one appears for the petitioner. Learned counsel for the State points out that the cancellation order passed on 28.11.2002 of the petitioners’ so called licence has been challenged in a writ petition filed in the year-2010. The application appears to be barred by gross delay. The Court has gone through the pleadings in the writ petition and there is no plausible explanation for the delay. The application is dismissed on the grounds of delay and laches. KC ( Navin Sinha, J.)