IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.382 of 2004 MATIULLAH MIAN, son of Shri Nagir Mian, resident of village – Guthani, P.S. Guthani, District – Siwan. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. The Secretary, Department of Home, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director General of Police, Bihar, Patna. 4. The Regional Inspector General of Police, Tirhut Range, Muzaffarpur. 5. The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Saran Range, Chapra. 6. The Superintendent of Police, District of Saran, Siwan. 7. The Superintendent of Police, District of Gopalganj, Gopalganj. ----------- 04. 28.06.2010 The only reason why the Court is not inclined to consider the prayer of the petitioner to issue a mandamus or a direction upon the respondents to appoint him on the post of a constable is because the advertisement relates to the year 1998. Appointments have already been made based on the vacancies available at that time. In fact, there are other rounds of recruitment thereafter. It is too late in the day now to ask the respondents to appoint the petitioner on the post of a constable when more than 12 years have already passed. The recruitment process is not on-going process that it can be continued on the basis of judicial intervention spread over a decade. The Court is not inclined to grant any relief to the petitioner for the reasons indicated above. The writ application is dismissed. rkp ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J )