IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10934 of 1997 LALAN KUMAR, son of late Jyoti Prasad, resident of Village + P.O. – Chiraura, P.S. Naubatpur, District – Patna _________ Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. The District Magistrate, Patna. 3. The Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Director of Census, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 5. The Commissioner, Patna Division, Patna. _______ Respondetns ----------- 03. 24.8.2010 Admitted position is that the petitioner was engaged as a census employee for the census carried out in the year 1971. He came to be retrenched after the completion of the census operation. Such decision of retrenchment has compelled the petitioner to approach the High Court for not only quashing the order but even seeking direction upon the respondents for regularization. Yet another relief is for quashing of Annexures 5 and 6 by virtue of which the age limit of 35 years had been fixed for consideration of regularization of similarly placed employees. Engagement of the petitioner was made 39 years ago. Order of retrenchment was passed soon thereafter. The so-called circular fixing the minimum age relates to the year 1985. The writ has been argued in the year 2010. The facts speak for themselves. This Court is not inclined to entertain the writ application or exercise its discretionary power keeping in mind the time assessment when the issue arose and the time when the petitioner is seeking such relief. The petitioner is more near the age of superannuation then within the zone of consideration for regularization in the year 2010. 2 The writ application is dismissed in the above circumstances. rkp ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)