IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Letters Patent Appeal No.1097 of 2011 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 16867 of 2010 With Interlocutory Application No. 5082 of 2011 In Letters Patent Appeal No.1097 of 2011 ====================================================== Mahesh Prasad, son of Late Vishwanath Prasad, Resident of Mohalla- Mithapur, P.S. Jakkanpur, District-Patna. .... .... Petitioner/Appellant Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Social Welfare Department through its Principal Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Women Development Corporation, Bihar through its Chairman- cum-Managing Director, 2nd Floor, Indira Bhawan, R.C. Singh Path, Patna. 5. The Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Women Development Corporation, Bihar 2nd Floor, Indira Bhawan, R.C. Singh Path, Patna. .... .... Respondents/Respondents ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant : Mr. Prakash Kumar, Advocate For the Respondent Nos.2 & 3: Mr. Lala S.N.Rai, A.C. to GP-6 For the Respondent Nos.4 & 5: Mr. Binod Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) Patna High Court LPA No.1097 of 2011 (2) dt.29-07-2011 2 / 2 2 2. 29.07.2011. This Appeal is preferred by the writ petitioner under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent 256 days after expiry of period of limitation against the judgment and order dated 5th October 2010 passed by the learned single Judge in above C.W.J.C. No. 16867 of 2010. The appellant-writ petitioner’s candidature for appointment to the post of Project Manager under the Social Welfare Department, State of Bihar has been rejected on the ground of misrepresentation in respect of his status as backward class. Though the appellant was of the category of Backward Class-II, he referred himself as Backward Class-I. The challenge to the rejection of his candidature before the learned single Judge in above C.W.J.C. No. 16867 of 2010 has failed. Therefore, the present Appeal. Learned advocate Mr. Prakash Kumar has appeared for the appellant. He has submitted that it was because of slip of pen and not a misrepresentation. On the very date the results were declared the appellant sought permission to correct the mistake committed in the application form. The said application was not entertained. Not only the Appeal is devoid of merit, the appellant has not made out any cause much less a sufficient cause for inordinate delay of 256 days. For the aforesaid reason, the Appeal and the Interlocutory Application are rejected. Pawan Kumar/- (R.M. Doshit, CJ) (Birendra Prasad Verma, J)