SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. 152 of 2025 at Lucknow

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:20536-DB Court No. - 1 Case :- SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 152 of 2025 Appellant :- State Of U.P. Thru. The Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Education Basic Education Lko. And 5 Others Respondent :- C/M Vikram Singh Vidyalaya Prithvipur Thru. Manager And Another Counsel for Appellant :- C.S.C. Counsel for Respondent :- Jitendra Singh Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J. Hon'ble Ajai Kumar Srivastava-I,J. This intra-court appeal filed under Chapter VIII Rule 5 of The Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952 is delayed by 1391 days. The application seeking condonation of delay is supported with an affidavit. It is an admitted position that the judgment passed by this Court was served upon the State on 10.06.2019. Since when, except the ministerial exercise of the file moving from one table to another, no plausible explanation has been offered in the affidavit filed in support of the application for condonation of delay, rather the direction issued is stated to have been carried out. The contempt proceedings relate to the manner in which compliance has been made rather disobedience. Explanation by the State for the inordinate delay in instituting the proceeding arising