IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.19053 of 2011 Rabindra Prasad, son of late Pancham Prasad, resident of Ravikunj, B-82, Budha Colony, P.S. Budha Colony, District - Patna Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Secretary, Registration, Excise and Prohibition Department, Bihar, Patna. 3. The Excise Commissioner, Bihar, Vikash Bhawan, Patna. ---------------------------------- 02. 30.11.2011 The cause of action for claiming salary for the period the petitioner officiated as an Excise Superintendent, is said to be between 31.1.2000 to 31.7.2001 which had arisen only 20 years ago. It is only after 10 years of retirement of the petitioner that he has realized that he may have a claim over the respondents to pay him salary of the post of Excise Superintendent, even though it was a working arrangement and not a substantive appointment. Without expressing any opinion on the merit of the claim, writ is dismissed on the ground of laches, delay and for raising a stale claim by the petitioner after two decades. rkp ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)