IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16521 of 2009 1. NILAMBAR JHA S/O LATE UGRA NATH JHA R/O VILL-GHOGHARDIHA, P.S- GHOGHARDIHA, DISTT- MADHUBANI. ……………PETITIONER. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE COMMISSIONER-CUM-SECRETARY, SECONDARY PRIMARY AND ADULT EDUCATION, HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, BIHAR, VIKASH BHAWAN, PATNA. 2. THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION, MADHUBANI. 3. THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, MADHUBANI. 4. THE ACCOUNTANT GENERAL BIHAR, PATNA. ………………RESPONDENTS. ----------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Vishwanath Ram, Adv. For the A.G. : Mr. Vivekanand Kumar, Adv. For the State : G.P.-18. ------------ 2 22.03.2010 Admittedly the petitioner has superannuated from service with effect from 31.12.2005 from the post of Headmaster. He has moved this Court in November, 2009 praying for a direction to the respondents to grant him selection grade scale or time bound promotion with effect from 17.10.1983 on completion of ten years of service. Although it has been verbally submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the respondent authorities have prepared a provisional gradation list of ‘Pravaran Scale’ in 2008, there is no pleading and no document on record to support that submission. Even the two 2 representations filed on 13.5.2008 and 25.8.2009 by the petitioner, annexed as Annexures-10 and 10/1, mention anything about that. The writ application therefore suffers from gross delay and laches. The application is dismissed. If the petitioner has any remedy available in law, he may pursue it. Arvind/ (J. N. Singh, J.)