IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC NO.13847 OF 2007 PHULENDRA KUMAR SON OF LATE KHUSI LAL SINGH, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE SANHA, NAYA TOLA, P.O. - BAKHADA, P.S. SAHEBPUR KAMAL, DISTRICT - BEGUSARAI ……………………… PETITIONER VERSUS 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR, THROUGH ITS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF IRRIGATION. 2. THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, BEGUSARAI 3. THE DEPUTY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER, BEGUSARAI 4. THE BLOCK DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, SAHEBPUR KAMAL BLOCK, DISTRICT - BEGUSARAI ……………………… RESPONDENTS 02. 05.03.2010 Non-payment of certain bills of the petitioner led to filing of C.W.J.C. No. 1132 of 2000. The writ was disposed of with a direction that the respondents will redress the grievance of the petitioner within three months after verification with regard to non-payment. When nothing was done, contempt was filed. This led to payment to the petitioner of a substantial amount, but he claims that a balance of 51,000 /- was still left after adjusting the advance. That was sometime in the year 2000 or 2001. There was nothing to indicate as to what the petitioner did thereafter to claim the balance amount, because writ has been filed only in the year 2007. It seems to fill up the gaps, the petitioner has annexed Annexure – 2, which is a representation without any date or receiving. There is also a legal notice, which the petitioner got issued on 21.09.2005. But, thereafter, again petitioner went into hibernation for more than 2 years, because the present writ application came to be filed on 30.10.2007. With the long period of silence and hibernation, it is obvious that the petitioner has failed in asserting his claim for payment as the claim relates to the year 1998. It is too far distant in history now for this Court to pass any direction in the above-stated circumstance. In view of the above stated fact, the Court is not inclined to exercise his power under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The writ is dismissed. skm ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.) -----------