Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:47828 Court No. - 32 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 9664 of 2025 Petitioner :- Committee Of Management Lal Bahadur Senior Basic School Tekor Chunar District Mirzapur And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Dhirendra Kumar Srivastava,Ram Chandra Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Saral Srivastava,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents. 2. The petitioner by means of the present writ petition has assailed the order dated 04.01.2021 passed by the Prescribed Authority/Sub-Divisional Officer, Chunar, Mirzapur in Case No.08843 of 2018. 3. There is an inordinate delay of 1448 days in filing the writ petition. According to petitioner, he has explained the delay and laches in filing the writ petition in paragraph no.18 of the writ petition which is being reproduced herein below:- "18.That due to death of Rajendra Kumar Srivastava the petitioner have been failed to get any information about the order dated 04.01.2021 passed by Prescribed Authority/Sub-Divisional Officer, Chunar, Mirzapur passed in Reference/Case No.08843/2018, (Computerized Case No. T201816530408843) (Prem Bihari Versus Rajendra Kumar Srivastava and others), and due to the reason it has not been challenged and after getting the information the petitioners are challenging the aforesaid order by means of present writ petition, it is humbly submitted that the delay in filing instant writ petition was not intended or deliberated and the same has been caused due to bona-fide reasons, and is liable to be ignored." 4. The paragraph no.18 of the writ petition, extracted above, is vague and does not explain the delay and laches of more than 1448 days in filing the writ petition. 5. Since, there is an inordinate delay of more than 1448 days in filing the writ petition, and the petitioner has failed to sufficiently explained the delay of 1448 days in filing the same, therefore, writ petition is dismissed on the ground of delay and laches. Order Date :- 4.4.2025 Sattyarth Digitally signed by :- SATTYARTH ANAND High Court of Judicature at Allahabad