IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.2432 OF 2006 Santosh V. Bhoyate .... Petitioner Vs. State Bank of India .... Respondents Shri Abhay Kulkarni for the Petitioner. None for the Respondents. CORAM: CORAM: CORAM: R.M.S. KHANDEPARKAR & D.G. KARNIK, JJ. DATED: DATED: DATED: APRIL 25, 2007 P.C: P.C: P.C: Heard. The petitioner challenges the order dated 8-1-1998 passed by the respondent-Bank rejecting the application of the petitioner’s mother for appointment on compassionate ground. There is absolutely no explanation for the delay in approaching the Court from 1998 till 2006. That apart, the petition nowhere discloses any material as to the ground on which the compassionate appointment was sought for. Merely because the letter dated 8-1-1998 on the face of it does not disclose the ground for rejection of the application, it is not a case for interference in the impugned order in 2007, without there being any explanation on the part of the petitioner for the delay in approaching the Court. The petition, therefore, is liable to be rejected also on the ground of laches. The petition is accordingly rejected. (D.G.Karnik, J.) (R.M.S.Khandeparkar, J.) sjs/a7wp2432.6 sjs/a7wp2432.6 sjs/a7wp2432.6