IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8072 of 2011 SURESH CHANDRA MISHRA, son of late Satyadeo Mishra, resident of village Repura, Post Office- Vishnudutpur, Police Station, Kanti, District- Muzaffarpur……….. Petitioner Versus 1. THE BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD through its Secretary, Beli Road, Patna. 2. Joint Secretary, Bailey Road, Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna. 3. The Deputy Director, Accounts Bailey Road, Bihar State Electricity Board. 4. General Manager-cum- Chief Engineer, BSEB, Kanti Thermal Power Station, Muzaffarpur……………. Respondents. ---------- For the petitioner:- Sri Ambar Nath Banerjee, Advocate For B.S.E.B.:- Mr. Binod Kumar, Advocate -------- 2. 9.5.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondent Bihar State Electricity Board. The writ petition has been filed praying therein that the petitioner ought not to have been superannuated in 1998, but in 2001. It is evident from the facts stated in the writ petition that the petitioner had accepted his being retired in the year 1998 on the basis of the report of the Medical Board. After thirteen years, he cannot be permitted to rake up an issue which has become stale. The writ application is, accordingly, dismissed on the ground of delay and laches. VPS ( Ramesh Kumar Datta, J. ) 2