JUDGMENT :

Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.

The instant intra-court appeal, under clause 10 of the Letters Patent, is directed against the order/judgment dated 27.07.2022 passed by learned Single Judge of this Court in W.P. (C) No. 5616 of 2021 by which the writ petition has been allowed.

I.A. No. 10971 of 2022:

2. The instant appeal is admittedly barred by limitation since as per the office note dated 22.12.2022, there is delay of 110 days in preferring the appeal, therefore, an application being I.A. No. 10971 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 110 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-appellant has submitted that delay in preferring the appeal may be condoned by allowing the Interlocutory Application on the basis of grounds shown therein treating the same to be sufficient.

5. The grounds for condoning the delay in preferring the appeal, as has been mentioned in the interlocutory application is