IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11554 of 2011 Arun Kumar Thakur son of Sri Ram Chandra Thakurf, resident of village- Shoharathi,P.S.Jandaha District Vaishali……….. Petitioner Versus 1 The State of Bihar through the Commissioner cum Principal Secretary Health Services Government of Bihar, Patna. 2 The Director-in-Chief, Health Service, Government of Bihar, Patna 3 The Deputy Director, Health Services, Swasth Bhawan, Sultanganj, Patna- 800005. 4 The District Magistrate, Samstipur. 5 The Civil Surgeon cum Chief Medical Officer, Samstipur. ………… Respondents.----------- 2 20.07.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the State. The petitioner has challenged his termination order dated 22.5.1993 assailing it on the ground that this Court has granted relief to some persons in the year 2006, who were similarly situated. He submits that grounds of termination were not sustainable in the eye of law and also that he was not given any opportunity to show cause and defend his case. Be that as it may, this Court is not inclined to interfere in the matter on the ground of long delay on the part of the petitioner to agitate his case and move this Court for relief so belatedly. In the opinion of this Court, such delay is fatal. In service law , it is a well settled principle that matters settled for long, should not be unsettled after a gap of long period. On this very ground since there is gross delay and laches on the part of the writ petitioner, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the termination order. For the reasons mentioned above, this writ petition is dismissed. Sudha ( Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J.)