High Court Punjab-Haryana High Court

Raj vs Smt. Alka Kumari And Another on 24 March, 2009

Punjab-Haryana High Court
Raj vs Smt. Alka Kumari And Another on 24 March, 2009
C.M. No. 6981`-C of 2007
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         IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA
                      AT CHANDIGARH

                           C.M. No. 6981`-C of 2007
                                    in/and
                            RSA No. 2461 of 2007
                           Decided on : 24-03-2009

Raj
                                             ....Appellant

                     VERSUS

Smt. Alka Kumari and another
                                             ....Respondents

CORAM:- HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER

Present:- Mr. Chander Shekhar Sharma, Advocate for the appellant

MAHESH GROVER, J

The present application has been filed under Section 5 of the

Limitation Act praying for condonation of 3044 days in filing the appeal.

The only reason which has been given in the application for

condonation of delay is extracted hereunder:-

“That there is delay of 3044 days in filing this

appeal. The delay is because of the reason that the suit for

declaration filed by the appellant was dismissed by the trial

court and an appeal against the said order has been filed by the

appellant. That appeal too was dismissed by the Ld. Appellate

Court. The plaintiff-appellant was under the impression that

the appeal was dismissed in default. However, about 15 days

back, when the appellant has gone through the order of the Ld.

Appellate Court, it has come to knowledge that the appeal too
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was dismissed on merit and not on default.”

I am afraid the reason which has been given above does not

constitute a sufficient ground for condonation of such an extraordinary

delay of 3044 days in filing the appeal.

In this view of the matter, the application for condonation of

delay is dismissed and consequently, the appeal is also dismissed on the

point of limitation.

March 24 , 2009                                (Mahesh Grover)
rekha                                             Judge