SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. 183 of 2022 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 183 of 2022 State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Medical And Health, U.P. Civil Secrt. U.P. Lko. And Others .....Appellant(s) Versus Ram Kumar Maurya .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : C.S.C. Counsel for Respondent(s) : Girish Chandra Verma Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE ZAFEER AHMAD, J. (Order on C.M.Application No.2 of 2022; Application for Condonation of Delay) 1. Heard. 2. This is an appeal by the State which has been filed on 14.09.2022 challenging the judgment and order dated 02.05.2019 passed in Writ Petition No.993 (S/S) of 2011. The period of limitation prescribed for filing an appeal under Chapter VIII Rule 5 of the Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952 is thirty days vide Chapter IX Rule 10 of the Rules, 1952 read with Article 117 of the Schedule appended to the Limitation Act, 1963 and the same having been expired prior to 15.03.2020 i.e. prior to onset of Covid-19 Pandemic, therefore, no benefit of the orders passed by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Suo Motu Writ Petition (Civil) No.3 of 2020 can be extended to the appellants herein. 3. We have gone through the explanation of