ORDER :

Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.

The instant intra-court appeal, under clause 10 of the Letters Patent, is directed against the order/judgment dated 18.11.2016 passed by learned Single Judge of this Court in W.P.(S) No.2346 of 2004, whereby and whereunder, the part of the order by which the learned Single Judge has refused to interfere with the order dated 30.06.2003 by which the order dated 22.01.1996 has been withdrawn whereby the writ petitioner who was posted as a Head Clerk had subsequently been designated as Section Officer, has been questioned.

I.A. No. 7939 of 2022

2. The instant appeal is admittedly barred by limitation since there is delay of 1386 days in preferring the appeal, therefore, an application being I.A. No. 7939 of 2022 has been filed for condoning such delay.

3. This Court, after taking into consideration the fact that the instant intra-court appeal has been field after inordinate delay of 1386 days, deems it fit and proper, to first consider the delay condonation application before going into the legality and propriety of the impugned order on merit.

4. Learned counsel for the applicant-petitioner has submitted that delay in preferring the appeal may be condoned by