Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:93269-DB Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 16757 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ramkumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sudhir Kant Dixit Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Jai Krishna Upadhyay Hon'ble Shekhar B. Saraf,J. Hon'ble Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava,J. 1. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. This is a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India wherein the petitioner has challenged the impugned demand notice dated 25.12.2017 passed by respondent no.4, Executive Engineer, Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. 3. Upon perusal of the entire writ petition, we do not find any reason provided for the belated filing of the present writ petition. The writ petition is clearly barred by laches as even in a writ petition the petitioner has to explain the delay in filing the same. 4. In light of the above observation, the writ petition is dismissed. Order Date :- 30.5.2025 Shahroz (Dr. Y.K. Srivastava,J.) (Shekhar B. Saraf,J.) Digitally signed by :- SHAHROJ ALAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad