IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16282 of 2001 NARAIN SAH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 4 22.1.2009 Heard counsel for the parties. In view of the fact that the claim of the petitioner for grant of pension under the freedom fighter pension scheme was rejected way back on 8.12.1983 and that even a prayer for review made in the year 1985 was found worth rejecting in the year 1985 which is evident from Annexure R-1 & R-II of the counter affidavit, this Court would find that the prayer of the petitioner for grant of pension is not only stale but in fact is suffering from unexplained delay of more than eighteen years. That being so, this Court would not encourage such writ application and accordingly, this application is dismissed. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)