SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. 28 of 2024 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 28 of 2024 State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Forest Deptt. And Others .....Appellant(s) Versus Shyam Rang Dwivedi .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : C.S.C. Counsel for Respondent(s) : Ramesh Kumar Srivastava Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE ABDHESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY, J. 1. Heard learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State- appellants and learned counsel for the respondent and perused the material available on record. 2. This Special Appeal has been filed by the appellants under Chapter VIII Rule 5 of the Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952 challenging the Judgment and order dated 27.01.2023 passed by the learned Single Judge in Writ-A No. 4274 of 2012 (Shyam Rang Dwivedi vs. State of U.P. and others). This appeal has been filed on 12.01.2024. It is delayed by 319 days as on 12.01.2024, as reported by the office. Limitation for filing such appeal is 30 days as prescribed under Chapter IX Rule 10 of the Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952 read with Article 117 of the Schedule appended to the Limitation Act, 1963. An application for condonation of delay in filing the appeal supported b