1 S.B.CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.4176/2006 Himmat Singh v. State of Rajasthan & Ors. Date of Order :: 1st April, 2008 HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE GOVIND MATHUR Mr. Anand Purohit, for the petitioner. Mr. Kamlesh Rawal for Mr.K.L.Thakur, Additional Advocate General. .... This petition for writ is preferred to assail validity of an order dated 6.3.1998, passed by the Director, Local Self Government, Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur, rejecting a revision petition preferred by the petitioner under Section 300 of the Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 1959 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act of 1959”). In brief, facts of the case are that the petitioner, a Lower Division Clerk with Municipal Board, Nagaur, was transferred at his own request to Municipal Board, Kuchera, however, he remained voluntarily absent from duties, thus, on 29.11.1990, a direction was given to him to report before the Director, Local Self Government, Jaipur. Subsequent thereto, despite instructions from the Director, he was not permitted to resume duties at Kuchera. Being aggrieved by the same he submitted a revision petition 2 before the Deputy Minister to the Government of Rajasthan, Local Self Government, Jaipur as per the provisions of Section 300 of the Act of 1959 on 23.9.1997. The revision petition submitted by the petitioner came to be rejected by the order impugned by holding that the service matters cannot be adjudicated under the provisions of Section 300 of the Act of 1959. No challenge was given to the order passed under Section 300 of the Act of 1959 for years together and ultimately this petition for writ was filed on 2.8.2006. No explanation is given for causing such inordinate delay in approaching the Court. Beside the above, it is also relevant to note that even in filing revision petition there was delay of about seven years. I do not consider appropriate to entertain this stale matter in extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court at this belated stage. Accordingly, the petition for writ is dismissed. ( GOVIND MATHUR ),J. Kkm/ps.