JUDGMENT :

M.S. Ramachandra Rao, C.J.

I.A. No. 10362 of 2024 in/and L.P.A. No. 606 of 2024

This application is filed under Section 5 of the LIMITATION ACT , 1963 to condone delay of 260 days in filing the Letters Patent Appeal challenging the judgment dt. 04.12.2023 passed in W.P.(S) No. 5022 of 2016 passed by the learned Single Judge.

2. In the application filed seeking condonation of delay, it is stated that the respondent had submitted his appeal through Governor Secretariat enclosing copy of the order passed by the learned Single Judge.

3. Thereafter, the file was placed before competent authority, who directed to proceed with Letters Patent Appeal.

4. According to the application, the grounds of appeal were drafted by the department and the file was placed before competent authority for approval on 22.07.2024. Thereafter, Advocate General’s opinion was secured on 25.07.2024, approval on appeal was granted on 02.08.2024 and the appeal was filed on 19.09.2024.

5. We have noticed that the appeal has been preferred enclosing a certified copy of the judgment of the learned Single Judge pronounced on 04.12.2023 but the application for certified copy of the same had been filed on 30.08.20