IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8184 of 2006 PRATIMA DEVI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Dhivendra Natha Jha For the State :- A.C. to S.C.7 For the Union of India :- Mr. Ambuj Nayan Chaubey 2 19.2.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner, counsel for the Government of India as also counsel for the State. On the own showing of the petitioner, claiming to be the widow of late Narayan Jha, a freedom fighter, her claim for grant of pension/family pension of the petitioner came to be rejected way back on 8th February, 1990 (Annexure-2). If this writ application has been filed on 12.7.2006 only on the ground that her representation for reconsideration was pending or was being looked into, that can hardly be a ground for maintaining this wholly belated writ application. That being so, this writ application is dismissed on the ground of delay and laches. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)