SPECIAL APPEAL No. 1120 of 2005 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL No. - 1120 of 2005 State Of U.P.Through Secy Home Inre W.P.No.7371 S/S 2004 .....Appellant(s) Versus Smt.Shiv Piyari .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : C.S.C Counsel for Respondent(s) : T.K.Misra Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE RAJEEV BHARTI, J. (Order on Delay Condonation Application) 1. Heard. 2. This appeal was filed by the State on 9.12.2005 challenging the judgement and order dated 13.12.2004 passed by the writ Court in Writ Petition No. 7371 (S/S) of 2004. 3. The limitation for filing special appeal under Chapter VIII Rule 5 of the Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952 is 30 days vide Chapter IX Rule 10 of the Rules, 1952 read with Article 117 of the Schedule appended to the Limitation Act, 1963. 4. The appeal was filed with a delay of 10 months and 28 days as on 8.12.2005. 5. We have gone through the affidavit in support of the application for condonation of delay and do not find any satisfactory explanation for such an inordinate delay in filing SPLA No. 1120 of 2005 2 the appeal. The affidavit only speaks of the movement of file from one office desk to another and permission for filing this appe