ORDER

Samarendra Pratap Singh, President.—The instant appeal is directed against the order, dated 26.11.2013 passed by learned District Consumer Forum, Supaul in Complaint Case No.45 of 2012 by which the Opposite parties have been directed to pay a sum of Rs.25,000/- to each of the complainants, totaling Rs.75,000/-, within sixty days from the date of order, failing which they would be entitled to take recourse to remedy available under law for recovery of aforesaid amount.

2. A limitation petition has been filed for condonation of delay of almost 7 years 9 months in filing of the appeal. The appellants submit that they were not aware of the impugned order and as soon as they came to learn about the impugned order, dated 26.11.2013, the appeal was filed. In nut shell, appellants’ case is that the appeal was filed without much delay from the date of knowledge and as such the delay is condonable. In support of his submissions, learned counsel has relied upon a decision, dated 5.6.2020 of the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of Shakti Bhog Food Industries Ltd. Vs The Central Bank of India & anr passed in Civil Appeal No.2514 of 2020 (arising out of SLP (c) No.30209/2017). Besides this,