IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.19780 of 2010 RAM AHLAD RAY SON OF LATE RAM BUJHAWAN RAY, R/O- VILLAGE- JAHANGIRPUR, P.S.- DESARI, DISTRICT- VAISHALI AT HAJIPUR. . Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA. 2. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, CHAKBANDI, DISTT- VAISHALI AT HAJIPUR. 3. SUKHNANDAN RAY, SON OF LATE BECHAN RAY 4. JAY MANGAL RAY, SON OF YADUNANDAN RAY. BOTH R/O- VILLAGE JAHANGIRPUR, P.S.- DESARI, DISTRICT- VAISHALI AT HAJIPUR. For the petitioner : Dr. Om Prakash Om, Advocate For the State : Ashok Kumar Keshari, A.A.G.-11 ----------- 3 21.12.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner is aggrieved by the order dated 3.1.1998 passed by the respondent Deputy Director, Consolidation, Vaishali in Misc. Case No. 589 of 1997 (Annexure-4) (Sukhnandan Roy versus Mangru thakur). Learned counsel for the petitioner has not been able to satisfy the Court about the delay in approaching this Court at such a belated stage. The application suffers from gross delay and laches. At this stage, Learned counsel for the petitioner prays for withdrawal of the application in order to seek remedy available to him under law. The application is permitted to be withdrawn. pkj ( Kishore K. Mandal, J. )