IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11735 of 2010 1. Indradeo Kumar S/O Late Kokai Yadav R/O Vill Markodhi, P.O.Sabailla, P.S.Saur Bazar, Distt-Saharsa 2. Sunil Kumar S/O Late Krishnadeo Yadav R/O Vill Markodhi, P.O.Sabailla, P.S.Saur Bazar, Distt-Saharsa 3. Anita Kumari D/O Late Nageshwar Yadav R/O Ward No.1, P.O.+P.S.+Distt-Madhepura Versus 1. The Bihar School Examination Board Sinha Library Road, Patna Through Its Chairman 2. The Secretary, Bihar School Examination Board Sinha Library Road, Patna ---------------------------------- 2. 25.11.2011 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioners and the Bihar School Examination Board. The claim is for publication of the result of Teachers Training Examination Course attended by the petitioners during the session 1986-88 as a student of Khwaja Shahid Hussain Primary Teachers College, Nishta in the District of Katihar, a private institution. The petitioners claim to have appeared at the supplementary examination conducted in the year 1991 for the same session. It is submitted that the results of the main examination have been published but the result of the supplementary examination has not been published till date. Counsel for the Board raises a preliminary objection on the ground of unreasonable and inordinate delay in institution of the writ application in July 2010 seeking publication of results for an examination held in the year 1991. He next submits that the issues whether the institution was recognized during the session also arises. There is no assertions by the petitioners on the institution being recognised. They have also not made a pretence of an explanation even for the delay. 2 The writ petition is apparently barred by gross, inordinate and unexplained delay. But since no third party rights are going to be affected rather than to out rightly reject the writ application, the Court without condoning the delay only makes a pious observation that if the petitioners approach the Board, subject to availability of documents and necessary permissibility in law for publication of the result, let the Board endeavour to do so within a reasonable time. The Court declines to fix any time limit conscious of the fact that under fear of contempt the respondents would have to deploy man power away from the present duty to make historical search of record which shall certainly affect the current duty. The writ application stands disposed. Snkumar/- (Navin Sinha,J.)