{"id":164437,"date":"2009-08-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/abhey-kumar-chawla-vs-punjab-state-civil-supplies-on-24-august-2009"},"modified":"2017-08-16T03:57:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T22:27:27","slug":"abhey-kumar-chawla-vs-punjab-state-civil-supplies-on-24-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/abhey-kumar-chawla-vs-punjab-state-civil-supplies-on-24-august-2009","title":{"rendered":"Abhey Kumar Chawla vs Punjab State Civil Supplies … on 24 August, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n
Abhey Kumar Chawla vs Punjab State Civil Supplies … on 24 August, 2009<\/div>\n
C.R. No. 4941 of 2007                                          1\n\n\n\n      IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\n                     CHANDIGARH\n\n\n\n\n                                     C.R. No. 4941 of 2007 (O&M)\n\n                                     Date of Decision: 24.08.2009\n\n\n\n\nAbhey Kumar Chawla                                      ...Petitioner\n\n                        Vs.\n\nPunjab State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. & Ors.     ..Respondents\n\n\n\n\nCoram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vinod K.Sharma\n\n\n\nPresent:    Mr.J.S.Bhatia, Advocate,\n            for the petitioner.\n\n            Mr.Aman Chaudhary, Advocate,\n            for respondent Nos.1 & 2.\n\n                        ---\n\nVinod K.Sharma,J.\n<\/pre>\n
CM No.18662-CII of 2007<\/p>\n
            Allowed. The petitioner is exempted from filing certified copy<\/p>\n
of judgment of learned Civil Judge (Senior Division).<\/p>\n
CR No.4941 of 2007<\/p>\n
            This revision petition is directed against order dated 30.7.2007<\/p>\n
passed by learned Additional District Judge, Ferozepur, dismissing an<\/p>\n
application moved by the petitioner under section 5 of the Limitation Act
\n C.R. No. 4941 of 2007                                            2<\/span><\/p>\n
for condoning delay of 7 days in filing the appeal.<\/p>\n
               The respondent\/plaintiffs field a suit for recovery of<\/p>\n
Rs.1,71,545\/- on account of loss due to excessive replacement of gunny<\/p>\n
bags and interest thereon. Suit was decreed.\n<\/p>\n
               With the appeal the petitioner filed an application under section<\/p>\n
5 of the Limitation Act (for short the Act) on the plea that the copy was<\/p>\n
prepared on 23.3.2005 but for want of intimation he could collect the same<\/p>\n
only on 30.3.2005. The case set up was that it was on account of difference<\/p>\n
in date of preparation and delivery there was error of calculation of period<\/p>\n
of limitation.\n<\/p>\n
               Learned Additional District Judge did not accept the<\/p>\n
application on the ground that it was for the petitioner to have enquired<\/p>\n
about the preparation of copy.\n<\/p>\n
               Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that ‘sufficient<\/p>\n
cause’ is to be given liberal construction so as to advance substantial justice.<\/p>\n
In absence of grave negligence, inaction or want of bona fide, the delay<\/p>\n
should have been condoned. In support of this contention, the learned<\/p>\n
counsel for the petitioner placed reliance on the judgment of this Court in<\/p>\n
the case of Major Singh Vs. Balwant Singh and others, 2006 (3) RCR<\/p>\n
(Civil) 810.\n<\/p>\n
               The learned counsel for the petitioner also placed reliance on<\/p>\n
the judgment of Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of State of Haryana<\/p>\n
Vs. Chandra Mani and others, (1996) 3 SCC 132, wherein Hon’ble<\/p>\n
Supreme Court has been pleased to lay down as under:-<\/p>\n
               “11. Section 5 of the Limitation Act gives power to the Court
\n C.R. No. 4941 of 2007                                        3<\/span><\/p>\n
           to admit the appeal or application after the prescribed period.<\/p>\n
           The Supreme Court generally adopts a liberal approach in<\/p>\n
           condonation of delay finding somewhat sufficient cause to<\/p>\n
           decide the appeal on merits. When the Sate is an applicant,<\/p>\n
           praying for condonation of delay, it is common knowledge that<\/p>\n
           on account of impersonal machinery and the inherited<\/p>\n
           bureaucratic methodology imbued with the note-making, file-<\/p>\n
           pushing and passing-on-the-buck ethos, delay on the part of the<\/p>\n
           State is less difficult to understand though more difficult to<\/p>\n
           approve, but the sate represents collective cause of the<\/p>\n
           community.    Decisions    are   taken   by    officers\/agencies<\/p>\n
           proverbially at slow pace and encumbered process of pushing<\/p>\n
           the files from table to table and keeping it on table for<\/p>\n
           considerable time causing delay – intentional or otherwise – is<\/p>\n
           a routine. Considerable delay of procedural red-tape in the<\/p>\n
           process of their making decision is a common feature.<\/p>\n
           Therefore, certain amount of latitude is not impermissible. If<\/p>\n
           the appeals brought by the state are lost for such default no<\/p>\n
           person is individually affected by what in the ultimate analysis<\/p>\n
           suffers, is public interest. The expression”sufficient cause”<\/p>\n
           should, therefore, be considered with pragmatism in justice-<\/p>\n
           oriented approach rather than the technical detection of<\/p>\n
           sufficient cause for explaining every day’s delaying. The<\/p>\n
           factors which are peculiar to and characteristic of the<\/p>\n
           functioning of the governmental conditions would be cognizant
\n C.R. No. 4941 of 2007                                        4<\/span><\/p>\n
            to and requires adoption of pragmatic approach in justice-<\/p>\n
            oriented process. The court should decide the matter on merits<\/p>\n
            unless the case is hopelessly without merit. No separate<\/p>\n
            standard to determine the cause laid by the Sate vis-a-vis<\/p>\n
            private litigant could be laid to prove strict standards of<\/p>\n
            sufficient cause. Litigants including the sate are accorded the<\/p>\n
            same treatment and the law is administered in an even-handed<\/p>\n
            manner.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
           Learned counsel for the petitioner has also placed reliance on<\/p>\n
the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of State of<\/p>\n
Nagaland Vs. Lipok AO and others, (2005) 3 SCC 752, wherein the<\/p>\n
Hon’ble Supreme Court was pleased to lay down as under:-<\/p>\n
           “………Expression sufficient cause should be considered with<\/p>\n
           pragmatism in a justice-oriented approach rather than the<\/p>\n
           technical detection of sufficient cause for explaining every<\/p>\n
           day’s delay – Having regard to considerable delay of procedural<\/p>\n
           red tape in the decision making process of the Govt., certain<\/p>\n
           amount of latitude is permissible – The Sate is an impersonal<\/p>\n
           machinery working through its officers or servants – Hence, it<\/p>\n
           cannot be put on the same footing as an individual – Public<\/p>\n
           interest suffers if appeals by the Sate are lost because of such<\/p>\n
           default – Court to decide the maters on merits unless the case is<\/p>\n
           hopelessly without merit – state should constitute legal cells to<\/p>\n
           examine whether cases involve legal principles for decision by<\/p>\n
           court or require adjustment at governmental level – Officer
\n C.R. No. 4941 of 2007                                          5<\/span><\/p>\n
              concerned should be made personally responsible for the delay<\/p>\n
              in filing the appeal. On facts, delay of 57 days in filing the<\/p>\n
              application for grant of leave made in terms of S.378(3) Cr.PC.<\/p>\n
              Held, deserved condonation -Criminal Procedure Code 1973<\/p>\n
              S.378(3).”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
              The delay is only of 7 days. The petitioner was not to gain<\/p>\n
anything by filing the appeal late, but would have got the appeal decided on<\/p>\n
merit. The ground pleaded made out a sufficient cause for condoning the<\/p>\n
delay.\n<\/p>\n
              Consequently, this revision is allowed. Impugned order is set<\/p>\n
aside and the application moved by the petitioner for condonation of delay<\/p>\n
is allowed.\n<\/p>\n
              The learned lower appellate court is directed to dispose of the<\/p>\n
appeal on merits in accordance with law.<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n                                                   (Vinod K.Sharma)\n24.08.2009                                              Judge\nrp\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court Abhey Kumar Chawla vs Punjab State Civil Supplies … on 24 August, 2009 C.R. No. 4941 of 2007 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.R. No. 4941 of 2007 (O&M) Date of Decision: 24.08.2009 Abhey Kumar Chawla …Petitioner Vs. Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. & Ors. 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