Ishwar Nande v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
WPS No. 156 of 2019, Ishwar Nande v. State of Chhattisgarh and others, High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, neutral citation 2026:CGHC:181, decided 02.01.2026 by Sanjay K. Agrawal, J. (Single Bench). Petitioner terminated from the post of Rojgar Sahayak by order dated 12.06.2012 (Annexure-P/3); appeal rejected by the Additional Collector on 01.07.2013 (Annexure-P/01); writ petition filed 05.01.2019 with a delay of about six years; last representation 06.12.2014 (Annexure-P/09); delay not satisfactorily explained and order not challenged before any higher forum; petition dismissed on the ground of delay and latches. Counsel: Manoj K. Sinha for petitioner; Sharad Mishra, Panel Lawyer for respondent-State. No statute or precedent cited in the order.
What did the court decide?
The delay of about six years in filing the writ petition against the order dated 01.07.2013 has not been explained satisfactorily; the explanation based on representations fails because the last representation was made on 06.12.2014.