ORDER

1. Petitioners claiming to be public spirited citizens have presented this Petition in PIL Jurisdiction, in substance with a prayer for invalidation of allotment of house sites to the victims of Ghataprabha River flood during the relevant period.

2. Having heard the learned counsel for the Petitioners and the learned Additional Government Advocate appearing for the official Respondents, we decline indulgence in the matter for the following reasons:

(a) Firstly , the subject allotments were made way back in the year 2009 pursuant to Gram Panchayath Resolution dated 27.10.2009. Some alterations were made way back in the year 2011 itself, allegedly on the agitation of the villagers. Petitioners were before this court earlier in W.P.No.50720/2009 (PIL) and the same was withdrawn and that was negatived by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court on 20.11.2019. There is absolutely no plausible explanation for the long delay brooked in the matter. It is not that the issue of culpable delay cannot be raised in PIL Jurisdiction as rightly contended by the learned Additional Government Advocate.

(b) There is culpable laches attributable to the Petitioners inasmuch as the allotment was sought to