IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.73 of 2008 SURENDRA PRASAD SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- For the appellant : Mr.Raghubansh Singh, Senior Advocate Mr. Anil Prasad Singh, Advocate For the respondents : Mr.Lalit Kishore, Additional Advocate General-III Mr. Satyabir Bharti, Junior Counsel to Additional Adocate General-III -------- P R E S E N T Hon'ble the Chief Justice & Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kishore K. Mandal ------ Dated, the 21st August, 2008 Surendra Prasad and Meghnath Singh had filed the joint petition before this court praying therein that direction be issued to respondent no.2 to issue mark sheets and original certificates to the petitioners of C.P.Ed examination. From the proceedings it transpires that on behalf of Meghnath Singh ( petitioner no.2) a request was made for withdrawal of the writ petition on 29.11.2007, and, consequently, in so far as he is concerned, the writ petition came to be dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to file fresh petition, if so advised. 2. In so far as the first petitioner (present appellant) is concerned, the Single Judge has dismissed the writ petition on 06th - 2 - December, 2007 on the ground of laches and unexplained delay. It is from this order that the present appeal has been preferred. 3. Mr. Raghubansh Singh, the senior counsel for the appellant would urge that the appellant had, before approaching this court, made representations to the respondent no.2 and when the representations were not disposed of, he approached this court. 4. We are afraid, the submission of the counsel does not justify long delay of more than a decade. If within a reasonable time, the representations made by the appellant were not considered, he ought to have approached this court at that time and not waited for more than a decade. 5. In the circumstances, dismissal of writ petition by the Single Judge cannot be faulted. 6. LPA is dismissed in limine. R.M. Lodha, CJ Kishore K. Mandal, J. sunil