IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5545 of 2002 UMA SHANKAR PRASAD Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 4. 20.01.2009 Heard leaned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Counsel for the State. The petitioner is aggrieved by the show caused issued to him for unauthorized absence and prays for direction to pass final orders on his reply to the show cause dated 31.9.1996. It is his case that he has not been allowed to work on his Class IV post since August 1996 and salary was not being paid since May 1996. The allegations against the petitioner were of unauthorized absence. The petitioner appears to have woken up only more than five and half years later when he filed the present writ application in May 2002. The mere sending of a fresh representation by the petitioner by registered post in March 2002 shall not furnish a fresh cause of action to him. The petitioner is only himself to blame for his own indolent and lethargic attitude. The writ Court cannot come to the aid of one who is not vigilant about his own laches. The writ application is dismissed on the ground of delay and laches. Snkumar/- (Navin Sinha,J.)