IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.263 of 2010 MD.KALIMUDDIN son of Late Salamat Resident of Village-Sagardina, Police Station- Hal Bihariganj, District-Madhepura. Versus 1.THE STATE OF BIHAR 2.District Magistrate, Madhepura. 3.The Superintendent of Police, Madhepura. ----------- 2 10-02-2010 I.A. No.1333 of 2010. This is an application for condonation of delay of 12 years and 179 days. Be it noted, the appellant-petitioner has preferred C.W.J.C. No. 12263 of 1995 challenging the order passed in the year 1989 by which he was removed from the post of Dafadar. Learned Single Judge declined to interfere on the ground of delay and laches. The present appeal has been filed accompanied by an application for condonation of delay which beats the past record, inasmuch as, there is delay of 12 years and 179 days. In the application for condonation of delay it has been stated as follows:- “That though this impugned order was passed in the year 1997 itself but the petitioner-appellant was not informed about it by his then conducting 2 advocate. It was only in the month of August 2009 that the appellant contacted the present counsel for advice on his writ, that he came to know about the impugned order through internet as guided by counsel as soon as he got the information he applied for a certified copy of the impugned order and after receiving the same he again contacted the present counsel who asked for the records of the case., That since the disposal was of the long back the records were destroyed and thereafter though the appellant tried his level best he could not get the certified copy of the case. His earlier counsel was also not able to provide him with the copy of the original writ petition. Therefore this appeal is being filed after a delay of so many days.” Having heard learned counsel for the appellant, we are of the considered opinion, such enormous delay does not deserve to be condoned on the backdrop of the explanation furnished. In the result, application for condonation of delay stands rejected and as a natural corollary the appeal shall also stand dismissed. (Dipak Misra, C.J.) Abhay Kumar ( Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)