IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16279 of 2007 Prayag Thakur, son of late Gopaljee Thakur, Resident of Village Gujraul, P.S. Patahi, Dist. East Champaran. -------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Director, Primary Education Department, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat (Bikas Bhawan), Patna. 3. The Regional Deputy Director of Education, Tirhut Division, Muzaffarpur. 4. The District Superintendent of Education, East Champaran at Motihari. 5. The District Magistrate, East Champaran at Motihari. --------- Respondents ------------ 2 21.12.2011 Heard learned counsel for the parties. Having regard to the fact that a very stale matter has been sought to be raised by the petitioner after more than eight years of retirement seeking promotion in the I.A. Trained Scale of Pay for which he had a cause of action way back in the year 1969, this Court must hold the present writ application claiming either I.A. Trained Scale of Pay with effect from 1.1.1969 or B.A. Trained Scale of Pay with effect from 15.12.1980 to be wholly belated. This application is, accordingly, dismissed only on the ground of delay and laches. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)