IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.61 of 2008 KRISHNA KANAHAIYA SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2. 9.11.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The claim in this writ application is for grant of monetary benefits of the first time bound promotion with effect from 13.9.1981 as also for grant of second time bound promotion. He superannuated on 31.1.1997. There is no pleading in the writ application that he pursued this remedy during his service tenure. The relief sought is based on a C.W.J.C. No. 2070/2002 writ application by another and certain orders passed therein on 16.12.2004. After his superannuation on 31.1.1997 he appears to have represented for the first time on 18.3.2003 for the present relief. He appears to have come to this Court earlier in C.W.J.C. No. 5996 of 1998 for his post retrial benefits. No order passed in the aforesaid writ petition has been brought on record. Issues of constructive res-judicata shall also arise. On the face of it, for a claim arising in 1981, he does raise during his service tenure till superannuation in 1997. He then by a belated representation on 2003 followed by the present writ petition in 2004, 10 years after his superannuation. 2 The law stands well settled that no relief can be granted to the petitioner merely on basis of certain orders passed with regard to others, when the individual claiming relief as himself being negligent and not vigilant in approaching the Court in time. The petitioner has only himself to blame for his present predicament. The writ application is dismissed on the ground of delay and laches. P. Kumar (Navin Sinha, J.)