RAKESH KUMAR SINGLA AND OTHERS vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

107 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CM-8293-LPA-2025 in/and LPA-3344-2025 (O&M) Date of Decision: 14.05.2026 RAKESH KUMAR SINGLA AND OTHERS ...Appellants Versus STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASGURPREET SINGH PURI HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE AMARJOT BHATTI Present : Ms. Riti Aggarwal, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. Raghav Goel, A.A.G., Punjab. JASGURPREET SINGH PURI, J. (ORAL) CM-8293-LPA-2025 The present application has been filed under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 for condonation of delay of 141 days in filing of the present Letters Patent Appeal (LPA). 2. Learned counsel for the applicant-appellants submitted that although there is a delay of 141 days in filing the LPA but the reasons GURPREET KAUR for the said delay so mentioned in the application are that the appellants are 2026.05.29 13:41 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CM-8293-LPA-2025 in/and LPA-3344-2025 (O&M) -2- retired employees and after consulting many of their colleagues regarding the judgment passed by the learned Single Judge, they later realized that a separate appeal was required to be filed. They were actually under a bona fi