IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7672 of 2010 1. Hemendra Kumar Gupta S/O Shri Damodar Prasad Gupta R/O Vill +P.O. Amarut, P.S.Dobhi, Distt-Gaya Versus 1. The Union Of India Through The Under Secretary, Freedom Fighter Division, Ministry Of Home Affairs Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi 2. The State Of Bihar, Through The Secretary Government Of Bihar, Secretariat, Patna 3. The Chairman , Freedom Fighter Advisory Committee Patna 4. The Joint Secretary, In-Charge Freedom Fighter Division, Department Of Home Govt. Of Bihar, Patna -------------------------- 2 13.10.2011 Heard Mr. Rajeshwar Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Vinay Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the Union of India and Mr. Rama Shankar Prasad, learned A.C. to G.P.7 for the State. The petitioner who claims to be the son of the freedom fighter Sri Damodar Prasad, has filed a proxy writ petition on behalf of his father seeking to challenge the rejection of the claim of freedom fighter pension made by his father and which stood rejected as back as on 03.09.2001 by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi. Besides that the petitioner does not have locus to challenge the impugned decision, the writ petition having been filed after a lapse of 9 years since the rejection of the claim for grant of freedom fighter pension to the father of the petitioner, also suffers from the vice of laches and unexplained delay. For the aforesaid reason, the writ petition is dismissed. Bibhash (Jyoti Saran, J.)