IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2095 of 2006 KULDIP NATH PANDEY, son of late Baidyanath Pandey, resident of I.O.C. Road, Sipara, West of I.O.C. Road Sipara, West of Indian Oil, Bishanpur Pakari, P.O. Anishabad, P S – Fulwarisharif, District - Patna. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through Secretary, Water Resources Department, Sichai Bhawan, Patna. 2. Secretary, Water Resources Department, Sichai Bhawan, Patna. 3. Commissioner, Water Resources Department, Sichai Bhawan, Patna. 4. Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department, Aurangabad. ----------- 02. 11.10.2010 The only reason why the Court does not want to entertain the present writ application or the prayer made therein for any direction for granting promotion to the petitioner or the benefit of ACP is for the reason the petitioner retired on 8.4.1983 and chose to file the writ application only in the year 2006 with an application addressed to the Secretary of the Department concerned in the year 2005, which is Annexure-2. Such belated and stale claim cannot be given indulgence to, more so when remedy is discretionary under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The writ application is dismissed. rkp ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)