IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Letters Patent Appeal No.1161 of 2011 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 1237 of 2011 ====================================================== Narmadeshwar Sharma, S/o Late Nand Kishore Sharma, R/o Vill.- Bahilwara Govind, P.O.- Bahilwara Govind, P.S- Saraiya, Distt.- Muzaffarpur. ....Petitioner .... Appellant Versus 1. The State of Bihar through its Chief Secretary, Old Secretariat Building, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Commissioner-Cum-Secretary, Water Resources Department, (Minor Irrigation) Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Deputy Secretary, Water Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar Irrigation Building, Old Secretariat, Bihar, Patna. 4. The Under Secretary, Water Resources Department, Irrigation Building, Old Secretariat, Bihar, Patna. 5. The Secretary (Technical) of Chief Engineer-Cum-Conducting Officer, Water Resources Department, Patna. 6. The Accountant General, Virchand Patel Marg, Patna. ....Respondents .... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Lalan Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Ravi Verma, A.C. to G.P.-12 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 2 12-09-2011 Feeling aggrieved by the order dated 24th June 2011 made by the learned single Judge in above CWJC No.1237 of 2011, the writ petitioner has preferred the present Appeal under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent. Patna High Court LPA No.1161 of 2011 (2) dt.12-09-2011 2 By order dated 24th December 1997 made in a disciplinary proceeding, the appellant was visited with the punishment of ‘censure’. It was further specified that for the period of suspension, the appellant shall receive subsistence allowances and nothing else. In the above petition, filed in the year 2011, the appellant claimed difference of amount of salary for the period he remained under suspension from 13th October 1993 to 24th December 1997. In the meantime, the appellant has retired from service in the year 2002. The petition has been rejected on the grounds of delay, laches and acquiescence. Therefore, the present Appeal. No case for interference is made out. The Appeal is dismissed in limine. Anjani /- (R.M. Doshit, CJ) (Birendra Prasad Verma, J)