IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12809 of 2006 HARISHANKAR KUMAR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 03/ 18.07.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State of Bihar and learned counsel for Bihar School Examination Board. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for directing the respondents specially the authorities of the Board to furnish the result and mark sheet of petitioner of Diploma in Physical Education (D.P.Ed.) Examination, as he had appeared in the said examination. The session of the petitioner was 1993-1994 for which examination was taken in the year 1996. It is only a decade thereafter that the instant writ petition has been filed for the said relief. The law is well settled in this regard that filing of the petition before the authorities and running from one office to the other does not validly explain the delay in the filing of the writ petition as the same has to be filed within a reasonable time. However, the delay of ten years cannot by any means is said to be a reasonable period . Courts are meant for vigilant persons and not for those who are indolent and sleepy. In the said circumstances, the relief claimed by the petitioner cannot be considered at this stage. Accordingly, this writ petition is dismissed. harish (S.N.Hussain, J.)