JUDGMENT :

M.S. Ramachandra Rao, C.J.

Re: I.A. No. 4288 of 2019 in LPA No. 337 of 2019

1. This application is filed under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 by the applicants to condone the delay of 276 days in filing this appeal, challenging the judgment of the learned Single Judge.

2. In the application filing seeking condonation of delay, it is stated that the judgment of the learned Single Judge in W.P. (C) No. 1036 of 2018 was passed on 28.6.2018, that the information about the judgment was received in the applicants’ department on 12.7.2018, and the concerned Assistant made a note of it and placed the concerned file before the 2^nd appellant. It is stated that the copy of the impugned judgment was not available with the department and the 2^nd appellant then asked the Section Officer on 20.7.2018 to obtain the copy.

3. It is stated that in the meantime, the judgment was sent to the applicants’ department on 10.9.2018 by the High Court, and after receiving it, the file was placed before the Assistant Section Officer on 12.9.2018 in order that it be placed before the proper authority for taking appropriate decision.

4. It is stated that the file was then sent to the Deputy Director