IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10627 of 2010 1. IFTEKHAR AHMAD, S/O MAULANA ABDUL MAJID, R/O VILLAGE MATHURAPUR, P.S. AWADPUR, DISTRICT-KATIHAR. 2. DURGANAND MANDAL, S/O AMIN PRASAD MANDAL, R/O VILLAGE BATHNAHA,P.S. PIPRA, DISTRICT- SUPAUL………………………………………………………….PETITIONERS Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH ITS SECRETARY, PRIMARY SECONDARY AND ADULT EDUCATION, NEW SECRETARIAT, PATNA. 2. THE DIRECTOR, RESEARCH AND TRAINING EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA. 3. THE SECRETARY, BIHAR SCHOOL EXAMINATION BOARD, PATNA…………………………………………………….RESPONDENTS ----------- 3 17.05.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the respondents. In this writ application, petitioners have prayed for a direction to the respondents to publish their result of examination for the sessions 1986-88 and 1987-89 claiming that they had appeared in the examination from Primary Teachers Training College, Katihar, a minority institution. It is submitted that the examination was held in 1990. From the orders of this Court dated 29.06.1990 passed in CWJC No. 9506 of 1989, a copy whereof is Annexure-1 with the writ application, it appears that this Court had restrained the respondent-Bihar 2 School Examination Board from publishing the result of the petitioners till further orders and the students were permitted to appear in the examination on their own risk. This order was passed in 1990 and since then, for 20 years petitioners have sat over the matter and have filed this writ application in 2010 only. The writ application suffers from gross delay and laches. The same is dismissed. BT (J. N. Singh, J.)