Vinod Kumar v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court (Bilaspur), Division Bench of Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice (author) and Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, Judge, in WA No. 38 of 2026, Vinod Kumar v. State of Chhattisgarh & others, decided 20.01.2026 (NAFR). Intra-court appeal against dismissal of WPS No.12914 of 2025 challenging termination of service dated 31.05.2008. Writ petition filed about 15 years after termination; cause of action held to have arisen in 2010 on rejection of mercy petition; repeated representations (last rejected 13.06.2023) held not to create fresh cause of action or extend limitation under Article 226; writ petition dismissed solely on delay and laches. Keywords: delay and laches, stale claims, service matter, termination, repeated representations, cause of action, Article 226, limitation.
What did the court decide?
Mere submission of repeated representations does not furnish a fresh or continuing cause of action nor does it extend the limitation for invoking the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.