- 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.1597/2009 Chandbee Gafoorkhan Pathan. ...Petitioner.. Versus The State of Maharashtra & others. ...Respondents... ..... Shri V.S. Pawar, Advocate for petitioner. Shri V.H. Dighe, AGP for respondent nos.1 to 3. ..... CORAM: V.C.DAGA & A.V. POTDAR,JJ. DATE: 14.07.2009 PER COURT: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. The petitioner appears to have been prosecuted for having encroached upon the Government land in the year 1988. The petitioner claims to have applied for regularisation of the encroachment. However, the application does - 2 - not bear any date. The learned counsel is also not in a position to make any positive statement as to how many years before he has made the application. It is, thus, clear that cause of action in favour of the petitioner to claim regularisation was somewhere in the year 1988 or atleast in the year in which he was sought to be prosecuted. Present petition appears to have filed somewhere in the year 2009, practically after a period of 20 years. Under these circumstances, the petition is suffering from laches, for which no explanation is being offered. The petition is dismissed on the ground of delay, with no order as to costs. (A.V. Potdar,J.) (V.C. Daga, J.) ndk/c1470926