Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J.

By medium of this application, the applicants/appellants have sought condonation of 166 days delay in filing of the appeal. According to the applicants, the impugned judgment and decree passed on 23.12.2015 and certified copy of the same was applied on 26.12.2015 and the same was attested on 05.11.2016 and supplied on 07.11.2016. The limitation for filing the appeal expired in the month of April, 2017. The appellants/applicants approached the counsel for filing of the appeal in the month of March, 2017 but it transpired that the complete records were not available and accordingly these were applied and obtained in the second week of July, 2017. Whereafter the appeal was promptly filed on 17.07.2017. However by that time, limitation for filing of the appeal had already expired and was barred by 166 days. It is averred that the applicants were rustic villagers and do not know the intricacies of law and not aware of the limitation, therefore, in order to do the substantial justice, the delay in filing of the appeal deserves to be condoned.

2. Upon notice, the respondents contested the application by filing reply, wherein, preliminary submissions were t