IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Letters Patent Appeal No.917 of 2011 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 9335 of 2010 ====================================================== Ramesh Chandra Poddar Son of Late Roshan Lal Poddar, resident of Mohalla- Mohaddi Nagar, P.O. Mirjanhat, P.S. Mojahidpur, District- Bhagalpur .... .... Appellant/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Block Development Officer, Jagdishpur, District- Bhagalpur. 3. The Treasury Officer, Bhagalpur. 4. The Collector, Bhagalpur. 5. The Finance Secretary, Bihar at Patna. .... .... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Praveen Kumar, Adv. For the Respondent/s : MrGyan Shankar, A.C. to G. P. 6 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 5 20-07-2011 This Appeal under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent is preferred by the writ petitioner against the order dated 7th April 2011 made by the learned single judge in above C.W.J.C. No. 9335 of 2010. The appellant, a retired Government servant approached Patna High Court LPA No.917 of 2011 (5) dt.20-07-2011 2 this Court in above C.W.J.C. No. 9335 of 2010 under Article 226 of the Constitution to claim the amount of difference in salary for the period from 15th April 1969 to 6th March 1973, the period during which the appellant was placed under suspension. The claim has been rejected by the learned single judge on the ground that he approached the Court belatedly. Therefore, the present Appeal. We see no merit in this Appeal. The claim of the appellant for difference in salary raised nearly 40 years after the date of cause of action and six years after he retired from service deserved to be rejected on the ground of delay, laches and acquiescence. For the aforesaid reason, the Appeal is dismissed in limine. B Tiwary/- (R.M. Doshit, CJ) (Birendra Prasad Verma, J)