JUDGMENT :

Satyen Vaidya, J.

CMP(M) No. 1559 of 2022

By way of instant application, a prayer has been made to condone the delay in filing the accompanying Letters Patent Appeal. It is submitted that a delay of 112 days has occurred in filing the appeal due to the reason that after passing of the judgment by learned Single Judge in CWP No. 4374 of 2021, the file was routed through different channels in order to obtain legal opinion and administrative clearance. The delay caused in filing the appeal is stated to be un-intentional.

2. We have gone through the contents of the application, which are duly supported by an affidavit filed by the Chief Conservator of Forests, Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. We are satisfied that the delay in filing the appeal is neither intentional nor willful. Accordingly, the application is allowed and the delay in filing the appeal is condoned. Application stands disposed of.

Appeal be registered.

LPA No. 16 of 2023

Heard.

2. By way of instant appeal, the appellants have assailed the judgment dated 16.06.2022 passed by learned Single Judge in CWP No. 4374 of 2021, titled Bhim Sen vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and others.

3. Vide impugned judgment, learned Single Judge