SPECIAL APPEAL No. 1154 of 2005 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL No. - 1154 of 2005 State Of U.P.Through Prin Secy Rural In Re W.P.No.160 S/S 04 .....Appellant(s) Versus Gopal Misra .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : C.S.C Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.K.Jaiswal Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE RAJEEV BHARTI, J. (Order on Delay Condonation Application) 1. Heard. 2. This special appeal was filed by the State on 21.12.2005 challenging the judgement and order dated 17.5.2005 passed by the writ Court in Writ Petition No. 160 (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 apparently filed with a delay of 7 months and 15 days. Twenty years have passed since filing of this appeal, the delay has not been condoned as yet. In the meantime, as informed by the appellant's counsel, the impugned judgement has been complied and all the respondents were appointed on the post of Gram Vikas Adhikari. Except for respondent no.5 who left the services in the inte