SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. 570 of 2024 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 570 of 2024 State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy./ Upper Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Basic Education Lko And 3 Others .....Appellant(s) Versus C/M Shyam Kali Balika Vidyalaya Bhitari Faizabad Thru. Manager Namely Anandsen Yadav .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : C.S.C. Counsel for Respondent(s) : Vinod Kumar Singh Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE RAJEEV BHARTI, J. 1. This is an appeal by the State challenging the judgement and order dated 25.09.2023, passed in Writ-C No.16769 of 2019. 2. The appeal has been filed on 5.10.2024, which is delayed by 376 days. 3. An affidavit, in support of the application for condonation of delay in filing the appeal, has been filed along with the appeal, according to which, the appellants came to know about the judgement only when a representation dated 7.11.2023 was submitted by the respondent, annexing therewith a copy of the impugned judgement. However, the affidavit is absolutely silent, as to whether, any communication was received by the learned standing counsel of the High Court, who must have been present when the judgement was passed in the open Court or n