IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2184 of 2007 Nageshwar Prasad Sharma son of late Munder Lal Sharma, resident of village- Garaiya Fakir Toli, P.O.- Ashza Mabaiya, Police Station- Amaur, District Purnea …. … Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Secretary, Rural Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 3. Director, Panchayati Raj Directorate, Government of Bihar, Patna 4. Collector-cum- District Magistrate, Purnea 5. District Panchayat Raj Officer, Purnea 6. Block Development Officer, Purnea …. Respondents ---------------------------------- 02/ 16.08.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner having superannuated while serving as Panchayat Sewak with effect from 30.9.1996, has filed this writ petition on 19.2.2007 praying, inter alia, to direct the respondent- authorities to consider and grant him the benefit of 2nd time bound promotion with effect from 1.4.1986 as other similarly situate retirees have been allowed such promotion under order dated 21.4.2006 but the case of the petitioner for the reasons best known to the authorities, has not been considered while granting such promotion to other similarly situate 2 retirees. 3. I am not inclined to entertain aforesaid submission in view of the fact that petitioner retired in September, 1996 and has approached this Court in February, 2007 i.e. after about 11 years on the ground that others similarly situate retirees were granted such promotion by the authorities themselves on 21.4.2006. 4. The authorities on their own may grant retiree(s) any benefit for the period during which the retiree was in service but this Court will not entertain any cause after 11 years of the retirement of the service holder. 5. The writ petition is dismissed on the ground of laches. Arjun/ ( V. N. Sinha, J.)