PATNA, India, Feb. 27 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Feb. 25:

Heard Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Mishra, the learned Advocate for the appellant and Mr. Sanjay Kumar Ghosarvey, the learned Advocate for the State.

2. The judgment passed by the learned Single Judge in C.W.J.C. No. 23175 of 2019, dated 19.07.2022, has been called in question.

3. By the afore-noted judgment, the prayer of the appellant for being reinstated in service has been rejected primarily on the ground of laches.

4. It appears that the appellant was appointed as a Constable in the year 1997 and served the Department for good many number of years. But his services were terminated on 16.09.2002 on discovery of the fact that his appointment was made de hors t...