IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2383 of 2003 Indira Verma, W/o Sri Braj Kishore Prasad, Resident of Mohalla New Purandarpur, P.S. Jakkanpur, District Patna. -------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Secretary, Primary and Adult Education Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Superintendent of Education, Patna. 4. The Headmaster, Rajkiya Middle School, B and C Mithapur, Patna. ------- Respondents ----------- 3 03.08.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. The prayer of the petitioner in this writ application filed on 3.3.2003 as with regard to the payment of salary for the period from 1.7.1976 to 31.3.1978 must be rejected only on the ground of delay and laches specially when the respondents in their counter affidavit have not only raised an objection with regard to the maintainability of such a belated writ application but have also taken a plea that it is very difficult for them to now search the connected records of the year 1976. That being so, this application is dismissed only on the ground of delay and laches. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)