IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.802 of 2010 BIHARI RAM SON OF LATE RAM CHANDRA RAM, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE DARMODPUR, P.S. SARAI, DISTRICT VAISHALI (PETITIONER IN THE WRIT CASE.).------APPELLANT/PETITIONER. Versus 1.THE STATE OF BIHAR 2.THE SECRETARY, WELFARE DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA. 3.THE DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER, MUZAFFARPUR. 4.THE COLLECTOR, VAISHALI AT HAJIPUR 5.THE DIRECTOR, VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION, VAISHALI AT HAJIPUR. 6.THE DEPUTY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER, VAISHALI AT HAJIPUR. 7.THE BLOCK DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, GORAUL, DISTRICT-VAISHALI. -------------------RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS (RESPONDENTS IN THE WRIT CASE). ----------- 2 30-04-2010 I.A. No.4257 of 2010. This is an application for condonation of delay of 178 days in preferring the appeal. Before dwelling into fact whether notice should be issued on the question of limitation, we thought to address ourselves on the merit of the case. On a perusal of the order passed by the learned Single Judge it is noticeable, she has declined to interfere as the petitioner had preferred writ petition for grant of salary which was due to him for the year 1988, in the 2 year 2009. In our considered opinion, the doctrine of delay and laches gets squarely attracted to the case in hand and accordingly there is no fault in the order of the learned Single Judge. As we do not perceive any merit in this appeal there is no justification to issue notice on the question of limitation and accordingly application for limitation stands rejected and as a fall out the appeal stands dismissed in limine. (Dipak Misra, C.J.) Abhay Kumar ( Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)