SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. 456 of 2025 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 456 of 2025 District Basic Education Officer, Sitapur .....Appellant(s) Versus Jageshwar Prasad And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Rishabh Tripathi Counsel for Respondent(s) : Pawan Kumar Pandey, C.S.C. Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE RAJEEV BHARTI, J. Order on C.M. Application No.1 of 2025 1. Heard. 2. This appeal has been filed with a delay of 656 days. The judgment impugned is dated 05.01.2024 which was passed in Writ A No.9935 of 2023, by which order of termination was quashed with liberty to pass a fresh order. In compliance of the judgment, after reinstating the respondent, fresh order has also been passed removing him from services. This appeal against the judgment dated 05.01.2024 has been filed on 22.11.2025, therefore, we have first of all to consider the delay in filing the appeal keeping in mind the recent decision of Supreme Court in the case of Shivamma (Dead) by LRS vs. Karnatka Housing Board and another reported in 2025 SCC OnLine 1969 decided on 12.09.2025. 3. The affidavit filed in support of application for condonation of delay merely states that some