1 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3628 of 2020 Mohd. Sharif S/o Shri Marhum Mohammad Habib Aged About 54 Years R/o Danteshwari Ward No. 20, P.S. Bodhghat, District Bastar Chhattisgarh., District : Bastar(Jagdalpur), Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Transport, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2 - Divisional Manager C.I.D.C. (Transport Department) Divisional Office, Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 3 - Collector Jagdalpur, District Bastar Chhattisgarh., District : Bastar(Jagdalpur), Chhattisgarh ... Respondents [Cause-title taken from Case Information System (CIS)] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Petitioner : Mr. KPS Gandhi, Advocate For Respondents : Mr. Amit Buxy, Dy. Government Advocate ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Single Bench: Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal (Order on Board) 19.02.2026 1. Heard. 2. The office objection pointed out by the Registry is hereby over- ruled. 3. In this writ petition, the petitioner has challenged his voluntary retirement order dated 25.01.2003 by filing this writ petition on 11.08.2020 i.e. after a delay of more than 17 years. As such, the petition suffers from inordinate delay and, therefore, liable to be and is hereby dismissed on the ground of delay and latches. s@if Sd/- (Sanjay K. Agrawal) Judge SAIFAN KHAN Digitally signed by SAIFAN KHAN