SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. 229 of 2022 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 229 of 2022 State Of U.P. Thru. Its Addl.Chief/Prin. Secy. Deptt. Women And Child Development U.P. Lko. And Ors .....Appellant(s) Versus Manju Shree Rathore .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : C.S.C. Counsel for Respondent(s) : Gaurav Mehrotra Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE RAJEEV BHARTI, J. (C. M. Application No.1 2022) 1. This is an application for condonation of delay in filing special appeal supported with affidavit. 2. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 3. This is a delayed special appeal which has been filed under Chapter VIII Rule 5 of the Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952. The judgment impugned herein is dated 05.03.2020 which was passed by the writ Court in Writ- A No. 3438 of 2020. The appeal challenging the said judgment has been filed on 31.10.2022, with a delay of 154 days. 4. In the interregnum Covid-19 pandemic set in. As such, in view of the orders passed by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in suo motu Writ Petition (Civil) No. 3 of 2020 the period from 15.03.2020 till 28.02.2022 shall be excluded as the limitation stood extended till then, but, this by itself does not pe