IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.14823 of 2008 SHIV KUMAR SPANDAN, son of Braj Bihari Singh, resident of Mohalla – Ulta, P S – Jehanabad, District – Jehanabad. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through Commissioner cum Secretary, PWD, Bihar, Nirman Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 2. Engineer-in-Chief cum Additional Commissioner cum Special Secretary, Public Works Department, Nirman Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 3. The Chief Engineer, PWD, Nirman Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna (Sri Balkan Chaudhary). 4. Superintending Engineer, PWD, Magadh Anchal Gaya, the Executive Engineer, PWD, Line No.1, At & P.O. Jehanabad, District – Jehanabad. ----------- 02. 30.04.2010 On the direction of the High Court an adjudication made way back in the year 1997 in CWJC No. 461 of 1996 and the so-called MJC, the matter of payment of the petitioner was referred to the Liability Committee. Liability Committee rejected his claim way back in the year 1998. There is no explanation why petitioner chose to invoke the writ jurisdiction after 10 years of such rejection. Such belated and stale claim cannot be entertained. The writ application is dismissed. rkp ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J )