[2025:RJ-JP:37302-DB] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 40/2024 In S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.1284/2017 Murari Lal S/o Shri Medaram, Aged About 45 Years, R/o Khejroli, Govindgarh, Dist - Jaipur (Raj.) ----Appellant Versus 1. The State Of Rajasthan, Through Its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Sectriate, Jaipur, Raj. 2. The Director General, Rajasthan Police, Police Head Quarter, Lal Kothi, Jaipur. 3. The Superintendent Of Police, Jaipur City (North), Jaipur, Raj. ----Respondents For Appellant(s) : Mr. Kailash Choudhary For Respondent(s) : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE INDERJEET SINGH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE BHUWAN GOYAL Order 15/09/2025 This appeal has been filed on behalf of the appellant against the order dated 24.08.2023 passed by the learned Single Judge whereby the writ petition filed on behalf of the appellant-petitioner was dismissed. As per the record, the appellant was awarded punishment of two annual grade increments without cumulative effect. Being aggrieved by the action of the respondent, the appellant-petitioner filed appeal before the First Appellant Authority which was dismissed vide order dated 18.03.2005 against which the review petitioner filed review petition before the competent authority which was dismissed by the said authority vide order dated 29.08.2008. Being aggrieved by the order passed by the Appellate Authority as well as by competent authority, the petitioner- [2025:RJ-JP:37302-DB] (2 of 2) [SAW-40/2024] appellant filed writ petition before the learned Single Judge after a delay of nine years and the same was dismissed by the learned Single Judge vide order dated 24.08.2023 and observed as under:- “7. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the perused the material available on record. 8. This Court finds that the review petition of the petitioner was decided and dismissed by order dated 29.08.2008 and the instant petition has been filed in the year 2017, there is no explanation of such inordinate delay being caused and as such, the petition suffers from laches and delay. 9. This Court, on the merits of the matter, finds that the misconduct which was committed by the petitioner, though of serious nature, however, only minor penalty was imposed with stoppage of two annual grade increment without cumulative effect and as such, the Authority taken a lenient view and imposed minor penalty. 10. This Court finds that the punishment which has been imposed does not require any interference, as the same has also been examined by both the Appellate Authority as well as the Reviewing Authority. 11. Accordingly, the present writ petition lacks merit and as such, the same stands dismissed.” After going through the record, We are in complete agreement with the view taken by the learned Single Judge that the petitioner has filed writ petition after a delay of nine years after passing of the final order and no cogent reasons have been assigned for the delay. In that view of the matter, this special appeal stands dismissed. (BHUWAN GOYAL),J (INDERJEET SINGH),J JYOTI /198