JUDGMENT :

This case has been listed on the basis of mentioning being made by the learned counsel for the appellants for its urgent hearing and thereby the case has been listed today for hearing.

The matter has been heard with the consent of learned counsel for the appellants through video conferencing. There is no complaint about any audio and visual quality.

I.A. No.985 of 2021

Mr. Vijay Kant Dubey, learned counsel appearing for the appellants does not press this Interlocutory Application for the reason that the impugned order passed by the learned Single Judge has been complied with when the matter was taken up in a Contempt proceeding subject to outcome of this appeal.

Accordingly, Interlocutory Application being I.A.No.985 of 2021 is dismissed as not pressed. I.A.No.986 of 2021

This interlocutory application has been preferred under Section 5 of the Limitation Act for condoning the delay of 491 days in preferring this Letters Patent Appeal.

Heard.

In view of the submissions made on behalf of the appellants and the averments made in the interlocutory application, we are of the view that the appellants were prevented by sufficient cause in preferring the appeal within the period of limi