IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15661 of 2008 ABHAY KUMAR PANDEY . Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS . ----------- 3. 24.11.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner appeared at the I.T.I final examination held at Gaya in July, 1998 for the Sessions 1996-98 in the ‘filter’ trade. He claims that he obtained 568 out of 700 marks but his result has not being published. On the own showing of the petitioner he has filed a representation as belated as on 15.4.2007 nearly 7 years after he appeared at the examination. Learned counsel for the petitioner however submits that earlier representations were also filed. Counsel for the respondents invite the attention of the Court to Paragraph 9 of the counter affidavit that the matter being very old, records were not forthcoming. While the petitioner has himself to blame for his negligence in not seeking appropriate remedies for publication of his result in good time, the respondents cannot deny their responsibility to publish the results by contending that examination records and detail of the candidates were not available. If the fact of the petitioner having appeared at the examination and his result having been prepared is not 2 in controversy and only procedural infirmities are required for publication of the same, there can be no proper justification for the respondents not to do so. In the nature of the controversy, let the authorities examine all aspects and then proceed for publication of the result in accordance with law expeditiously, preferable in a period of five months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. P. Kumar (Navin Sinha, J.)