IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Letters Patent Appeal No.1304 of 2011 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 10627 of 2010 With Interlocutory Application No. 6422 of 2011 In Letters Patent Appeal No.1304 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Iftekhar Ahmad, Son of Maulana Abdul Majid, Resident of Village- Mathurapur, P.S.-Awadhpur, District-Katihar. 2. Durganand Mandal, Son of Amin Prasad Mandal, Resident of Village- Bathnaha, P.S.-Pipra, District-Supaul. .... .... Petitioners-Appellants Versus 1. The State of Bihar through it’s Secretary, Primary Secondary and Adult Education, New Secretariat, Patna. 2. The Director, Research and Training Education Deptt., Government of Bihar. 3. The Secretary, Bihar School Examination Board, Patna. .... .... Respondents/Respondents ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellants : Mr. Md. Aslam Ansari, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 2. 16-09-2011 Interlocutory Application No. 6422 of 2011: Delay of eight days occurred in filing the Letters Patna High Court LPA No.1304 of 2011 (2) dt.16-09-2011 2 / 3 2 Patent Appeal is condoned. Interlocutory Application stands disposed of. Letters Patent Appeal No.1304 of 2011: Feeling aggrieved by the judgment and order 17th May 2011 passed by the learned single Judge in above C.W.J.C. No. 10627 of 2010, the writ petitioner has preferred the present Appeal under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent. The appellants had attended the Primary Teachers Training College, Katihar (hereinafter referred to as “the Institution) in academic session 1986-88 and 1987-89. Both the appellants were allowed to take examination conducted by the Bihar School Examination Board (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Board’) in 1990 under the interim order dated 29th June 1990 made by this Court in C.W.J.C. No. 9506 of 1989 filed by the Institution. The said order dated 29th June 1990 specifically directed, “The result of those students, however, shall not be published until further orders of this Court and the students will take the examination at their own risk”. Admittedly, the said writ petition came to be dismissed for default on 9th July 1998 without any further order made on the said writ petition. Since the results of the appellants was not declared, the appellants approached this Court in 2010 in the above writ petition, 20 years after the date of examination and 12 years after the writ petition was dismissed for a direction to the Board to declare the result of the appellants. Learned single Judge has dismissed the writ petition on the ground of delay and laches. Therefore, the present Appeal. Learned advocate Mr. Md. Aslam Ansari has appeared for the appellants. He relies upon several orders made by this Court and the Hon’ble Supreme Court in various legal Patna High Court LPA No.1304 of 2011 (2) dt.16-09-2011 3 / 3 3 proceedings wherein the result of the concerned examinees was directed to be declared. Learned advocate admits that the appellants, now armed with the above orders, filed the above writ petition. We see no merit in this Appeal. Learned single Judge has rightly dismissed the writ petition on the ground of delay and laches. No case for interference is made out. Appeal is dismissed in limine. Pawan/- (R.M. Doshit, CJ) (Birendra Prasad Verma, J)