- 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.2150 OF 2008 ... Shri Govind Narasappa Awar ...Petitioner v/s. The Principal District Judge Solapur & Anr. ...Respondents ... Mr.A.K.Suryawanshi for the Petitioner. Mr.V.S.Masurkar, GP for State. ... CORAM: D.K.DESHMUKH & J.P.DEVADHAR, JJ. DATED: 26TH AUGUST, 2008 P.C.: The Petitioner was appointed as a junior clerk in the District Court at Solapur on 8-4-1986. According to - 2 - him, a person junior to him was promoted to the post of Senior Clerk on 25-1-1991. He made representation against that promotion nearly one year thereafter on 14-1-1992. Thereafter, he did nothing till 2005, when he made another representation. When that representation did not fetch any reply, he made third representation on 23-1-2007. The only explanation given for the latches is that he was waiting for the reply. In view of the settled law that when a representation is made a person cannot wait indefinitely. Maximum he could have waited for six months from the date of the alleged illegal promotion. In view of the latches, petition cannot be entertained. It is rejected. (D.K.DESHMUKH, J.) (J.P.DEVADHAR, J.)