ssp 1 WP 9888 of 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.9888 OF 2010 Arvind K. Sonawane .....Petitioner versus Chairman & Managing Director, O.N.G.C. Ltd., and Ors. ..... Respondents Smt.B.P.Jakhade, for the petitioner. None for the respondents. CORAM: P.B.MAJMUDAR & A.A.SAYED, JJ. DATE: 25th FEBRUARY, 2011. P.C. : 1. The grievance of the petitioner is that he should have been given promotion with effect from 2003 and not from the year 2005. Petitioner was promoted to the Post of Group General Manager in June 2006. However, the said promotion is given with retrospective effect i.e. from 19-01-2005. Petitioner merrily accepted the said promotion order and subsequently retired on 31-07-2007. Petitioner thereafter, started making representations that he should have been given promotion from the year 2003 and not from 19-01-2005, as according to him, since there was an inquiry pending, he was not promoted. But later on, he was exonerated from the inquiry and the seal cover procedure was followed. It is required to be noted that petitioner has retired from the services of ssp 2 WP 9888 of 2010 respondents in the year 2007 and the promotion was given to the petitioner with effect from 19-01-2005 retrospectively and has approached this court by way of this petition on 29-10-2010. It is inconceivable as to why petitioner has not approached this Court while he was in service and even after his retirement, he approached this Court after a period of more than three years. In our view, the claim of the petitioner is too stale to be considered and cannot be adjudicated in our extra-ordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Hence, writ petition is rejected. ( A.A.SAYED, J. ) ( P.B.MAJMUDAR, J. )