1 S.B.CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 1272/2009 Inayat Khan Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. Date of Order : : 17.02.2009 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.R. PANWAR Mr. S.N.Trivedi, for the petitioner. BY THE COURT Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. By the instant writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the order Annex.2 dated 12.10.1989 passed by Disciplinary Authority, order dated 26.6.1990 Annex.4 passed by Appellate Authority and order dated 24.12.1996 Annex.5 passed by the Reviewing Authority. The order lastly passed by the Reviewing Authority is dated 24.12.1996 and the writ petition has been filed in the year 2009. In my view, the writ petition suffers from the vice of delay and laches. In Sudhir Vishnu Panvalkar Vs. Bank of India, AIR 1997 SC 2249 the delay of 3 and ½ years was considered to be non-condonable holding therein that filing of the petition after delay of about 3 & ½ years suffers from vice of delay and laches. Similar view has been taken by Hon'ble Supreme Court in catena of decisions. Reference may be made to the 2 decisions of Hon'ble Supreme Court in Shiv Dass Vs. Union of India, AIR 2007 SC 1330, New Delhi Municipal Council Vs. Pan Singh & Ors., AIR 2007 SC 1365, Government of West Bengal Vs. Tarun K.Roy & Ors. (2004) 1 SCC 347 and in Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd. Through its Chairman & Managing Director & Anr. Vs. K.Thangappan & Anr., (2006) 4 SCC 322. In this view of the matter, the instant writ petition suffers from the vice of delay and laches and it is therefore, dismissed on this count alone. (H.R. PANWAR), J. rp