IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11812 of 2011 Ram Ratan Sahani, aged about 54 years, s/o- Late Kali Charan Sahani, r/o- village Katharia, P.S.- Bhagwanpur, District- Begusarai. ………….. Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Principal Secretary, Food Civil Supplies, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Bihar State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. Sone Bhawan, Virchand Patel Path, Patna-1 through its Chairman. 4. The Chairman, Bihar State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. Sone Bhawan, Virchand Patel Path, Patna-1. 5. The Chief Executive Officer, Bihar State and Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. Sone Bhawan, Virchand Patel Path. 6. Managing Director, Bihar State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. Sone Bhawan, Virchand Patel Path, 7. District Manager, Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. Begusarai. ………… Respondents For the Corporation : Mr. R.S. Pradhan, Sr. Advocate For the State : Mr. P.K Mishra, G.P. 22 ----------- 2 21.07.2011 Petitioner seeks to challenge the order dated 9.1.2004 passed by the officials of the Bihar State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation. By the said order, order of suspension passed in respect of the petitioner was regulated and it was observed that he would get only the subsistence allowance. The aforesaid order is now being challenged after seven years. The application, therefore, suffers from gross delay and laches.. This Court would not invoke its extraordinary and discretionary writ jurisdiction in the matter. The application is dismissed. Dismissal of the 2 application would not preclude the petitioner from seeking any other remedy available to him. pkj ( Kishore K. Mandal, J.)