IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.20353 of 2010 SUNIL KUMAR SINGH, SON OF LATE RAM AYODHAYA SINGH, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE CHIRAIYA, P.S. PURNAHIA, P.O. BARANHI JAGDISH, DISTRICT SHEOHAR………PETITIONER. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, RURAL WORK DEPARTMENT, BIHAR AT PATNA. 3. THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, RURAL WORK DEPARTMENT, WORK CIRCLE-2, MUZAFFARPUR, DISTRICT MUZAFFARPUR. 4. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, RURAL WORK DEPARTMENT WORK DIVISION-2, DISTRICT SHEOHAR…..RESPONDENTS. For the petitioner : Mr. Mahendra Thakur, Advocate. For the State : Mr. A. Amanullah, G.A.-4 with Mr. M.K. Pathak, A.C. To G.A.-4 ----------- 02/ 20.12.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents. 2. Earlier a notice had been issued by the Rural Works Department on 23.09.2009 inviting tenders to which several persons including the petitioner responded and the said notice was cancelled on 25.11.2009. Thereafter on 28.11.2009 fresh notice was published to which several persons applied. Neither the said cancellation nor the fresh notice was challenged by anyone immediately thereafter. Now when the work allotment order has been passed on 06.03.2010 this writ petition has been filed by the petitioner on 15.12.2010 challenging the said order of allotment of work and also challenging notice dated 28.11.2009 after more than one year. 3. This court does not find any valid reason as to why the said fresh notice was not challenged earlier, although it should have been challenged by the petitioner immediately - 2 - after its issuance, if he was really affected by it. Such a long delay coupled with the fact that the petitioner had come only after the allotment of work to the successful candidates does not show any genuineness in the claim of the petitioner nor do the facts and circumstances favour the petitioner. Accordingly, this writ petition is dismissed. Harish (S.N. Hussain, J.)