JUDGMENT :

I.A.No.1 OF 2022

1. This is an application for condonation of delay of 150 days in filing the writ appeal.

2. The writ appeal is filed against the judgment and order dated 05.01.2022 in W.P.No.26092 of 2021. The appeal was filed on 22.08.2022. The respondent i.e the writ petitioner has filed Counter affidavit. The appellant-applicants have filed a reply affidavit, on 21.07.2023, to which any objection has not been filed.

3. Sri G.V.S. Kishore Kumar, learned Government Pleader for the appellant-applicants submits that in view of the facts stated and cause shown in the affidavit and the reply affidavit there is sufficient cause. The delay deserves to be condoned. He placed reliance in the cases of State of Haryana vs. Chandra Mani and others, (1996) 3 SCC 132, Sridevi Datla vs. Union of India and others, (2021) 5 SCC 321, Raheem Shah and another vs. Govind Singh and others, 2023 SCC OnLine SC 910.

4. Learned counsel for the writ petitioner/respondent No.1 herein, submits that the cause shown is not sufficient to condone the delay. The appellants have not explained each and every day’s delay. He has placed reliance in the cases of Postmaster General and others vs. Living Media I