IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1115 of 2011 Tilak Rai, son of Late Fauzdar Rai, resident of Village- Mathure, P.S. Bidpur, Distt.- Vaishali ……… Petitioner Versus 1. The Managing Director, Bihar State Co-operative Land Development Bank, Budh Marg, Patna 2. The Deputy Managing Director, Bihar State Co- operative Land Development Bank, Budh Marg, Patna 3. The Manager, Bihar State Co-operative Land Development Bank,Budha Marg, Patna…. Respondents ----------- For the petitioner: Mr. Dilip Kumar Tondon, Advocate For the Bank: Mr. Girjanand Prasad, Advocate ----------- 2. 19.1.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondent-Bihar State Co- operative Land Development Bank. The petitioner seeks quashing of the letter dated 19.1.1989 by which the joining application dated 11.7.1977 of the petitioner was not accepted and rejected by the respondents. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the rejection of his joining by order dated 19.1.1989 was never communicated to the petitioner and only when he had filed another writ petition in the year 2008 that the said fact came to light in the counter affidavit filed on behalf of the respondents. Be that as it may, it is evident that the 2 petitioner had filed his joining application on 11.7.1977 and admittedly he was not permitted to join. The cause of action of the petitioner thus arose in the year 1977 itself irrespective of whether formal order rejecting his application was passed or not passed. In the said circumstances, the present writ petition, raising a stale claim which is more than 32 years old, is not fit to be entertained. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed in limine on the ground of delay and laches. S.Pandey ( Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)