SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. 396 of 2025 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 396 of 2025 State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Rural Engineering And 2 Others .....Appellant(s) Versus Sant Sevak Prasad Gaur And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : C.S.C. Counsel for Respondent(s) : Sanjay Kumar Srivastava Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE ABDHESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY, J. (Order on C.M.Application No.1 of 2025; Application for Condonation of Delay) 1. Heard learned Standing Counsel for the State and Shri Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, learned Counsel for the respondents. 2. This is an appeal under Chapter VIII Rule 5 of the Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952 by the State challenging the judgment and order dated 18.03.2024 and its correction dated 22.03.2024 passed in Writ A No.2132 of 2024 (Sant Sevak Prasad Gaur and Others vs. State of U.P. and Others). 3. The appeal has been filed on 23.09.2025. The defects have been removed on 24.09.2025. There is a delay of about 524 days' in filing of the appeal, limitation for which is prescribed under Chapter VIII Rule 5 of the Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952 as thirty days vide Chapter IX Rule 10 of the Rules, 1952 read wi