IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.3004 of 2007 Bishundeo Prasad, son of Late Raghu Prasad, Resident of village- Fatehpur, Police Station Barh, District- Patna. At present residing at Mohalla Sudamapuri, Chapra Colony, Police Station Jakanpur, District Patna … Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar, through The Commissioner cum- The Secretary, Public Works Department, Nirman Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna 2. The Engineer-in-Chief, Public Works Department, Bihar, Patna 3. The Accountant General (Accounts), Bihar, B.C. (Birchand Patel) Path, Patna 4. The Accountant General (Accounts), Jharkhand, Ranchi 5. The Superintending Engineer, South Bihar, Anchal, Patna 6. The Executive Engineer, Road Construction, Department, Road, Division, Kishanganj 7. The Comptroller and Audit General of India, Bahadur, Shad Zafar, Marge, New Delhi, 410002 ….. Respondents ---------------------------------- For the Petitioner :Mr. Nand Lal Pd. Sinha, Advocate For the State :Mr. Sanjay Kumar, A.C. to G.A.-6 For the Respondent No.7 :Mr. P.L. Jaiswal, CGC 02/ 12.09.2011 Heard learned counsel for the parties. Petitioner while serving as Emergency Divisional Accountant superannuated with effect from 30.11.1992. He has filed the present writ petition for a direction to the respondent- authorities to pay him the arrears of difference of salary of the post of Senior Accounts Clerk i.e. Rs. 2630/- per month and the salary which he was paid while 2 serving as Emergency Divisional Accountant i.e. Rs. 1900/- per month on account of failure of the authorities to relieve the petitioner to join the post of Senior Accounts Clerk. Petitioner having superannuated with effect from 30.11.1992, approached this Court by filing the present writ petition on 9.3.2007. In the circumstances, I am not inclined to entertain the writ petition, which is, accordingly, dismissed on grounds of laches. Arjun/ ( V. N. Sinha, J.)