IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13963 of 2002 Shree Ram Pathak, Son of Fauzdari Pathak, Resident of Village Bihat, P.S. Barauni, District Begusarai. -------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The commissioner, Secondary Education, Govt. of Bihar at Patna. 3. The Director Secondary Education Bihar, Patna. 4. The Regional Deputy Director Education, Munger. 5. The District Education Officer, Begusarai. 6. The Treasury Officer, Begusarai. 7. The Head Master, B.P. High School, Begusarai. -----------Respondents ----------- 3 30.06.2010 No one appears on behalf of the petitioner. Counsel for the State is present. The prayer of the petitioner in this writ application, claiming arrear of difference of salary from March 1992 to February 2000 and arrear of salary from 27.10.1995 to 31.12.1995 being based on stale ground, inasmuch as, the writ application came to be filed on 13.12.2002 after the retirement of the petitioner in the year 2000 itself, must be rejected on the ground of delay and laches. That being so, this application, being wholly misconceived, is hereby dismissed. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)