IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1299 of 2010 AMULYA CHANDRA SINHA Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2. 27.7.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner who has retired from service as far back as on 28.2.2002 is before this Court to shift the date of his promotion from 27.8.1984 to 7.2.1979. It is his case that he was considered for the same on 13.4.2002. He also alleges discrimination vis-à-vis another. There is no explanation in the writ petition for this inordinate delay of eight years from his superannuation in preferring the writ application. Though he claims to have represented while in service as averred in Paragraph -17. This Court finds the same to be vague as no date has been mentioned. His representation much after his superannuation is on 20.3.2006, even which does not mention that he had filed any representation before while in service. Again there is a four years delay in preferring the writ application, even after the last representation if that may be considered sufficient justification. This Court is satisfied that there is no 2 explanation at all in the writ application for this gross and inordinate delay in moving the Court. If that were not enough, the charge of discrimination has been answered in the counter affidavit that the persons against whom the petitioner claims discrimination belonged to separate cadre and that no one junior to the petitioner in his cadre had been granted such promotion benefit. The writ application is dismissed. P. Kumar (Navin Sinha, J.)