IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1110 of 1998 Lalan Paswan Son of Bhola Paswan, Village Deodha, Post – Mahanandpur, Police Station Deep Nagar, District Nalanda …..Petitioner Versus 1. The Union Of India through DIG, CRPF, Department of CRPF 2. Additional DIG, CRPF, Muzaffarpur, Near L S College, Muzaffarpur 3. Commandant (Principal) CRPF Training College, Pallipuram Trivandrum Kerala ….. Respondents ---------------------------------- 04- 12/12/2011 Nobody appears for the petitioner. Mr. S N Pathak, learned counsel appears on behalf of the respondents. He draws the attention of this Court to the order dated 25.8.99 when the case had been dismissed and submits that even on that date nobody had appeared. However, the order had been recalled and the case was admitted for hearing on 25.4.2000. Even today, nobody has appeared to press the writ petition. Learned counsel submits that the petitioner has been declared absconder after following the due procedure prescribed in law and finally has been dismissed from service by order dated 30.9.97 (Annexure-1). He further submits that in the case of uniformed service, the touch-stone of discipline ought to be higher and such lapses are not fit to be condoned. He further submits that since the order of dismissal is more than 14 years old and the petitioner has been out of 2 service, it would not be in the interest of justice to interfere in the matter because for the purpose of duty as Constable in C.R.P.F., a person has to be physically fit also and due to long passage of time the petitioner has disentitled himself to any relief. 2. This Court is inclined to accept the submissions made by learned counsel for the respondents. Accordingly, the writ petition stands dismissed. mrl ( Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J.)