IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.568 of 2008 SHEO KUMAR SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- For the appellant: Mr. Nand Lal Kumar Singh For the respondent nos. 1 to 5: Mr. Amrendra Kumar JC to GP - XI P R E S E N T Hon'ble the Chief Justice And Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kishore K. Mandal --- Dated, the 22nd August, 2008 The letters patent appeal suffers from delay of nineteen days. For condonation thereof, an application (IA. No.4483 of 2008) has been made. 2. Even if we condone the delay in filing the appeal, and that we do, we find that the letters patent appeal does not deserve to be admitted. 3. In the writ petition, the appellant (writ petitioner) prayed for issuing an appropriation direction to the respondent no.2 to dispose of the representation dated 5th February, 2007 in the light of the order dated 18th December, 1995 passed in writ petitions (CWJC. No.6852 of 1995 & CWJC. No.539 of 2005) and a further direction to reckon the seniority with effect from 7th September, 1994 in place of 3rd June, 1998 and for making payment of difference of salary of matric trained scale with effect 2 from 7th September, 1994 to 3rd June, 1998. 4. The single judge upon consideration of the matter found that, as a matter of fact, the judgment dated 18th December, 1995 has already been complied with and a letter to that effect came to be issued on 3rd June, 1998. The single judge, thus, was of the opinion that the order dated 18th December, 1995 stands fully complied with. Besides that the single judge found that the relief claimed in the year 2008, suffered from laches and inordinate delay. 5. We do not have any justifiable reason to take a view different from that of the single judge. 6. Letters patent appeal is dismissed in limine. This disposes of IA. No.4483 of 2008. R. M. Lodha, CJ. Kishore K. Mandal, J. Neyaz/-