IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.451 of 2009 Most.Umravati Devi, Wife of Late Rajnikant Rai, resident of Village Bhataura, P.S. Gahmar, District Gazipur (U.P.)………Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. 2. Secretary, Minor Irrigation Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. Deputy Secretary, Minor Irrigation Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 4. Chief Engineer, Minor Irrigation Department, Patna. 5. Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation Department, Aurangabad. 6. Accountant General, Bihar, Patna………………………………………………………………………Respondents 2 17.05.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the State. Petitioner’s husband retired from service with effect from 31.08.1997. Thereafter he died. Now in 2009 petitioner has filed this writ application raising a grievance that deceased husband had not been granted second time bound promotion during his service period. The writ application is stale one and suffers from gross delay and laches. The same is dismissed. BT (J. N. Singh, J.)