IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.1391 of 2009 VIDYANAND SINGH S/O LATE ADHIK LAL SINGH, R/O VILL-MANSI (KHUTIYACHAK HUSAINI), P.S- MANSI, DISTT- KHAGARIA AT PRESENT, R/O VILL- KAMA ASTHAN, P.O- KABIRA, VIA - CHAPRAM KOTHI, P.S- SALKHUA, DISTT- SAHARSA. --------------Petitioner-Appellant. Versus 1. THE CHAIRMAN,B.S.E.B., VIDYUT BHAWAN, BAILEY ROAD, PATNA 2. THE SECRETARY, BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, VIDYUT BHAWAN, BAILEY ROAD, PATNA 3. THE FINANCIAL CONTROLLER, BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, VIDYUT BHAWAN, BAILEY ROAD, PATN 4. THE G.M.-CUM-CHIEF ENGINEER, ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT, POWER HOUSE ROAD, SAHARSA 5. THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT, PURNEA 6. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT, POWER HOUSE, BINODPUR, KATIHAR 7. THE BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD THROUGH SECRETARY, VIDYUT BHAWAN, BAILEY ROAD, PATNA.---Respondents-Respondents. ----------- 2 08-04-2010 Heard Mr. Satya Ranjan Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioner. Questioning the legal propriety of the order dated 26.8.2009 passed by the learned Single Judge in C.W.J.C. No.7968 of 2009 the present appeal has been preferred. 2 The appellant-writ petitioner had challenged his date of birth contending inter-alia that the Medical Board in the year 1999 had estimated his age between 52 to 54 years and, therefore, the lower one should have been accepted. The learned Single Judge has declined to interfere with the same on two counts, namely, though determination was made in the year 1999 the writ petitioner challenged the same in the year 2009 after being superannuated in the year 2006 and secondly he had already preferred the writ petition claiming retrial dues. In our considered opinion, the order passed by the learned Single Judge is absolutely invulnerable as the doctrine of delay and laches gets squarely attracted. In the result, we do not perceive any merit in this appeal and accordingly it stands dismissed in limine. (Dipak Misra, C.J.) Abhay Kumar ( Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)