IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA C.W.J.C. No. 7384 of 2010 Bijay Kumar @ Suresh Yadav, son of Late Deo Lal Yadav, Resident of Village/Mohalla Agraily, P.O. Bitho Sharif, P.S. Chandauti, District Gaya……………………………………….…………Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar, through the Secretary, Land Reforms Department, Bihar, Patna. 2. The District Magistrate-cum-Chairman of District Compassionate Appointment Committee, Gaya. 3. The Land Settlement Officer, Gaya. 4. The Assistant Settlement Officer, Gaya…………………………………………………………………………Respondents ----------- 2 07.02.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the State. Petitioner seeks direction from this Court for his appointment on compassionate ground in place of his father, who died in 1974. As admitted in the writ petition, at the time of death of his father, he was minor. Therefore, his mother filed an application in 1980 for appointment on compassionate ground. It is stated that the petitioner submitted some more applications thereafter. The fact remains that the petitioner has approached this Court almost 36 years after death of his 2 father. The application, therefore, suffers from gross delay and laches and the same is dismissed. BT (J. N. Singh, J.)