Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 215 of 2025 Petitioner :- Pankaj Kumar Srivastava Respondent :- The Purvanchal Bank/Baroda U.P. Bank, Head Office, Tara Mandal, Gorakhpur And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anil Kumar,Pradip Kumar Srivastava,Wasim Alam Counsel for Respondent :- Gyan Prakash Shrivastava Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. Heard Shri Anil Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Gyan Prakash Srivastava, learned counsel for the respondent Bank and learned Standing Counsel for the State. By means of this writ petition the petitioner has prayed for quashment of the impugned punishment order dated 02.02.2016 passed by the disciplinary authority/respondent no. 2 and order dated 29.11.2016 passed by the appellate authority/respondent no. 3. The petitioner has assailed the aforesaid orders in the year 2025. The writ petition is barred by laches. No good cause for the failure of the petitioner to approach this Court after more than 9 years has been shown. The writ petition is dismissed on the ground of delay and laches. Order Date :- 10.3.2025 Vandit Digitally signed by :- VANDIT AGRAWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad