Mansoor Ahmad Mir, J.

This LPA is directed against judgment and order, dated 10th October, 2007, made by the learned Single Judge in CWP No. 992 of 2003, titled as Smt. Subhadra Devi and ors. versus State of H.P. and another, whereby the writ petition filed by writ petitioners-respondents No. 1 to 4 herein came to be allowed and order, dated 8th October, 2003, made by the Financial Commissioner (Appeals) was quashed (for short “the impugned judgment”).

2. The case in hand has a chequered history, is two decades old and the parties are still litigating, is suggestive of the fact that delay has crept-in in taking the lis to its logical conclusion, which has adversely affected the parties.

3. It is beaten law of the land that delay takes away the settings of law. Thus, it is the duty of all concerned to see that the cases are decided as early as possible.

4. The way this case has been dealt with right from the year 1987 till filing of the writ petition is also a glaring example as to how the people are suffering, that too, for trivial issues.

5. It is necessary to notice the brief facts of the case herein.

6. Shri Charan Dass, the predecessor-in-interest of the appellants, i.e. wr