IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.796 of 2010 CHANDESWAR PAL S/O SRI RAM LAKHAN PAL R/O VILL.-TORIHARI, P.S.- LAUKHA AND DISTT.- MADHUBANI. PETITIONER-APPELLANT. VERSUS 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA. 2. THE SECRETARY, BIHAR SCHOOL EXAMINATION BOARD (HIGHER SECONDARY), PATNA. 3. THE DIRECTOR (ACADEMIC) BIHAR SCHOOL EXAMINATION BOARD (HIGHER SECONDARY), PATNA. 4. SRI MANI LAL SAH, THE SECRETARY OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE GANDHI AMBEDKAR JANTA COLLEGE TORIYAHI, LALMUNIA, DISTT.- MADHUBANI. 5. THE PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE, GANDHI AMBEDKAR JANTA COLLEGE, TORIYAHI, LALMUNIA, DISTT.- MADHUBANI. ---RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS. ------- For the appellant : Mr. Alok Kumar Sinha-1, Advocate. For the respondents-State : Mr. Kameshwar Prasad Gupta, Standing Counsel-V. ------ 02. 29.04.2010 I.A.No.4232 of 2010 This is an application for condonation of delay of three days in preferring the appeal. Having heard learned counsel for the appellant, we are of the considered opinion, the delay in filing the appeal deserves to be condoned and, accordingly, it is so - 2 - ordered. I.A., accordingly, stands allowed. L.P.A.No.796 of 2010 As we have condoned the delay, we are inclined to take up the appeal for admission. Heard learned counsel for the appellant on the question of admission. In this intra-court appeal the challenge is to the order dated 17.03.2010 passed by the learned Single Judge in CWJC No.16160 of 2009 whereby she has declined to interfere in the matter of termination on the ground that the services of the petitioner were dispensed with in the year 1995 and the writ petition was filed in the year 2009. In our considered opinion the doctrine of delay and laches gets squarely attracted in the case at hand and, therefore, there is no merit in this appeal and, accordingly, the same stands dismissed in limine. Sunil (Dipak Misra, C.J.) (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)