WRIT - A No. 11868 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:142824 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 11868 of 2025 Petitioner :- Anil Kumar Singh Respondent :- State Of Uttar Pradesh And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Brajesh Kumar Chaturvedi,Harsh Tiwari Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. Petitioner has approached this Court for quashing of the order dated 20th April, 2002, whereby his claim for his appointment has been rejected. The only explanation has been offered for such delayed approach to the Court that petitioner has been repeatedly making representation before the authority concerned. It is settled law that if a person does not remain vigilant to his rights, his delayed approach in the court of law cannot be condoned. He, therefore, is liable to be visited with dismissal of his petitioner for such delay and laches. Very recently Supreme Court in the case of Surjeet Singh Sahni v. State of U.P. and others, (2022) 15 SCC 536 has held that mere making of representations to the higher authority and not approaching the court in time, will not alone condone the delay and laches. In view of the above, I decline to ente