IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2082 of 2008 Jai Narayan Prasad Sinha, son of Late Saryug Singh, Resident of Village Muraul, P.S. Sakra, District Muzaffarpur……………..Petitioner Versus 1. The state of Bihar. 2. Commissioner – cum - Secretary, Human Resources Development Department. 3. Director, Primary Education, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. District Superintendent of Education, District Muzaffarpur………………………….Respondents ----------- For Petitioner: Mr. Arun Kumar, Advocate For the State: Mr. Sanjeev Kr. Mishra, A.C. to S.C. 8 3 23.06.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the State. From the facts stated in the writ petition it appears that petitioner was appointed as Assistant Teacher in the Aided Middle School on 25.02.1958. In due course, he was promoted on the post of Headmaster. He was granted first time bound promotion, by order dated 10.12.1987, with effect from 05.05.1981. After second time bound promotion became due, he submitted his representation before the District Superintendent of Education, Muzaffarpur on 28.11.1996. However, he was not granted the same and he superannuated from his service as Headmaster in February, 2000. Thereafter 2 he claims that he submitted a representation again on 08.10.2001, copy whereof is Annexure-4 with the writ application. The photo copy of the said representation does not bear any endorsement of receipt or dispatch. Hence, it is not established that the same was, in fact, submitted in the office of the District Superintendent of Education, Muzaffarpur to whom it was addressed. Thereafter petitioner has filed this writ application in 2008. There is apparent unexplained delay of about eight years on the part of the petitioner in moving this Court for agitating his claim for grant of second time bound promotion which became due to him in 1993. In the circumstances, due to unexplained delay in moving this Court, the writ application is dismissed. BT (J. N. Singh, J.)