IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.688 of 2008 BHUNESHWAR PRASAD Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- For the appellant : Mr. Baban Sharma, Advocate For the respondents : Mrs.Anita Sinha, Government Pleader-IX ------- P R E S E N T Hon'ble the Chief Justice & Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kishore K. Mandal ------ Dated, the 05th September, 2008 It is not disputed by the counsel for the appellant that in the month of November, 1990, the order of punishment came to be passed. He also admits that this court was approached for the first time in the year 2005 by filing the writ petition. 2. The counsel for the appellant submits that the writ petition did not suffer from laches as the appellant approached the department and authorities for redressal of his grievance. 3. From the available material, we do not find that any steps were taken by the appellant to challenge the order of punishment earlier. It is only in the year 2003 that he seems to have approached the Bihar Legal Services Authority. We are afraid, by approaching the Bihar State Legal Services Authority in the year 2003, laches do not get explained. 4. In the circumstances, dismissal of writ petition by the - 2 - Single Judge cannot be faulted. 5. L. P. A. is dismissed in limine. R. M. Lodha, CJ Kishore K. Mandal, J. Sunil