Indra Deo Prasad Yadav v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Delay and laches; belated writ petition dismissed; CWJC No. 2102 of 2013, Patna High Court, decided 11-11-2025 (Alok Kumar Sinha, J); writ filed 23.01.2013 against orders of 2005 (almost eight years' delay) with no explanation for delay; recovery of salary for period April 2000 to April 2001; deduction of 20 per cent from pension; Rule 43(A) and 43(B) of Bihar Pension Rules; Office Order Memo No. 563 dated 25.02.2005 (Director Secondary Education, Bihar); appeal rejected by Memo No. 3423 dated 20.10.2005 (Secretary, Secondary Education, Human Resources Department, Government of Bihar); petitioners are widow and children of late Indra Deo Prasad Yadav; respondents include State of Bihar, education authorities, District Magistrate/Treasury Officer Siwan and Accountant General, Bihar.
What did the court decide?
The impugned orders relate to the year 2005 and the writ application was filed on 23.01.2013, almost eight years after they were passed, and the writ application nowhere explains the delay — there is 'not even a whisper' as to why such a belated writ application was filed.