SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. 531 of 2024 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 531 of 2024 State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 4 Others .....Appellant(s) Versus Navneet Nigham .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : C.S.C. Counsel for Respondent(s) : Vijay Kumar Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE MANJIVE SHUKLA, J. Order on C. M. Application No. 1 of 2024 1. Heard. 2. By means of this appeal the appellant(s)- State has challenged the judgment and order dated 27.10.2023 passed in Writ A No.20904 of 2019, by which the claim of the private respondent to compassionate appointment has been accepted and the petition has been allowed. 3. This appeal has been filed on 26.09.2024. When we peruse the affidavit filed in support of application for condonation of delay we find that after receipt of impugned judgment dated 27.10.2023 legal opinion was sought by the appellants vide letter dated 23.01.2024 from the Chief Standing Counsel of the High Court at Lucknow. The legal opinion was rendered by the Chief Standing Counsel on 30.01.2024. Thereafter, the matter was placed before the competent authority vide letter dated 12.09.2024 of the Special Secretary Additional law A