WA 315/2010 BEFORE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. MADAN B. LOKUR THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE U. B. SAHA (Madan B. Lokur, CJ) The appellant is aggrieved by an order dated 22.4.2010 passed by a learned Singl e Judge of this Court in WP(C) No.3067 of 2006. The appellant was appointed as a Jamadar (Platoon Commandar) in the Special Secu rity Bureau on 14th March, 1974. According to the learned counsel for the appell ant, he should have been given the equivalent rank of Sub Inspector of Police bu t that was acceded to by the respondents. Considering the circumstances, the app ellant preferred a writ petition in this Court being Civil Rule No.1183 of 1987. The writ petition was heard and disposed of by a Division Bench on 12.9.1994 wi th the direction that since the appellant had made a representation in this rega rd for treating the rank of Jamadar (Platoon Commandar) as equivalent to the ran k of Sub-Inspector of Police, the respondents may consider the representation. Pursuant to the order passed by this Court, the respondents considered the repre sentation of the appellant and passed a detailed order dated 5th January, 1996, whereby the request of the appellant for equivalence was rejected. According to the learned counsel for the appellant, his client made representati ons against the order dated 5th January, 1996 but no relief was granted to his c lient. Consequently, the appellant preferred the writ petition being WP(C) No.3067 of 2 006 challenging the order dated 5th January, 1996. The second writ petition was filed after a gap of 10 years for which there is no explanation given by the app ellant. However, the learned Single Judge considered the writ petition and came to the c onclusion that no case was made out by the appellant for grant of equivalence as claimed by him and that there was no error in the view that was taken by the re spondents. Feeling aggrieved the appellant is now before us in appeal. In our view the writ petition was not entertainable in view of the enormous and unexplained delay. That apart, there is no cogent reason made by the appellant f or treating the rank of Jamadar (Platoon Commandar) as equivalent to the rank of Sub-Inspector of Police. We also find that the appellant had superannuated way back in the year 2006. It is too late in the day now for the appellant to raise claim of equivalent rank w hen he was appointed in the SSB as far back as in the year 1974. Consequently, we find no merit in this appeal. It is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs.