SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. 161 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 161 of 2026 Rakesh Kumar .....Appellant(s) Versus Ram Jivan And 6 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Hemant Kumar Mishra, Abhishek Mishra, Arti Ganguly Counsel for Respondent(s) : Shivani Soni, C.S.C. Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE ABDHESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY, J. (Order on C.M.Application No.1 of 2026; Application for Condonation of Delay) 1. Vakalatnama filed today by Shri Shitla Prasad Tripathi, Advocate on behalf of opposite party No.1 is taken on record. 2. Heard Shri Hemant Kumar Mishra, learned Counsel for the appellant, Shri Shitla Prasad Tripathi, learned Counsel for the opposite party No.1 and Shri Akash Sinha, learned Standing Counsel for the State. 3. As the appellant was an opposite party No.6 before the Writ Court in Public Interest Litigation No.283 of 2025 (Ram Jivan vs. State of U.P. and Others) but the said petition was decided on 07.04.2025 without issuing notice and hearing him and it has been asserted in the affidavit filed in support of the application for condonation of delay that the appellant came to know about the said order dated 07.04.2025 and the conse