( 1 ) WP 1610/11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 1610 OF 2011 Vijay s/o Tejrao Khedekar and others PETITIONERS V E R S U S The State of Maharashtra and others RESPONDENTS Shri D.B. Pawar, Advocate for the petitioners Smt. A.V. Gondhalekar, AGP for respondents / State CORAM : D.B. BHOSALE & A.V. NIRGUDE,JJ. DATED : 9th March, 2011 ORAL ORDER : 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners. 2. The petitioners by way of this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India have prayed for recovery of arrears of salary for the period from 11th July, 1997 to 4th July, 2003. In our opinion, the petition deserves to be dismissed, having regard to the fact that the petitioners have prayed for arrears of their salary for the period from July, 1997 to July, 2003, by filing this writ petition in February, 2011. From bare perusal of the prayer and the averments made in the writ petition, it is clear that their claim is barred by limitation. It is now well settled that the delay in filing the proceedings, of such nature, cannot be ( 2 ) WP 1610/11 overlooked and the proceedings for recovery of arrears of salary also need to be filed within reasonable period and the reasonable period in such cases would be three years. In the circumstances, we find no merit in the writ petition. Writ Petition fails and disposed of as such. ( A. V. NIRGUDE,J. ) ( D.B. BHOSALE,J. ) SRM/