IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.4809 of 2003 RANVIJAY KUMAR, son of Late Chandra Shekhar Singh, resident of village- P. O. – Chauri, P. S.- Daudnagar, District- Aurangabad, presently posted as Assistant Teacher, Banbhatt Rajkiya Madhya Vidyalaya, Bandhubigha, P. S.- Haspura, District- Aurangabad…. Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR, through its Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna-1. 2. The District Superintendent of Education, Aurangabad, District- Aurangabad. 3. The Block Education Extension Officer, Haspura, District- Aurangabad. 4. The Block Education Extension Officer, Madanpur, District- Aurangabad. 5. The Principal, Primary Teacher Education College, Tarar, Daudhanagar, District- Aurangabad…. Respondents. ----------- 3. 11.08.2010 No one appears for the petitioner. The prayer of the petitioner in this writ petition is for payment of salary for the period 1992. The writ petition was however filed in the year 2003. There is no explanation for such a gross delay of more than eleven years. That being so, this writ application is held to be not maintainable on account of unexplained delay and laches on the part of the petitioner. This writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed as not maintainable. kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)