IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2531 of 2011 Ganga Bishnu Singh Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors ----------- 2 1.7.2011 Heard learned counsel for the parties. Petitioner retired from the post of Under Secretary. It is only in the year 2011 he has realized that some persons junior to him have been given benefit of promotion, even though it may be notional, by the respondent in the year 1998-99. The reason by way of explanation offered by the petitioner for approaching the Court now is that he could know the development only now and that he has been filing representations earlier. Some clumsy explanation is not an explanation in the eye of law. Even otherwise some persons had approached the Court in the year 1999 and 2004. Merely because he has retired it does not mean that he has liberty to approach the High Court at his desire or convenience. It is a belated application suffering from laches which does not merit any relief. It is evident from perusal of the writ that the cause of action arose many years ago. This writ application suffers from laches and delay and this Court is not inclined to give any favourable direction at this belated stage. It is dismissed as such. RPS (Ajay Kumar Tripathi,J.)