By the Court.—This special appeal is reported to be beyond time by 79 days. After hearing the submissions and on perusal of the affidavit filed in support of delay condonation application, in our view, the cause shown is sufficient. Accordingly the delay in filing the appeal is condoned.

2. Heard counsel for the parties and perused the record.

3. The present intra Court appeal has been preferred by petitioner-appellant Ishrat Ali challenging the validity and correctness of the judgment and order dated 16.11.2010 passed in Writ Petition No. 66958 of 2010, by which learned Single Judge has dismissed the writ petition filed by the petitioner-appellant. Relevant extract of the impugned judgment reads thus:

“3. Learned counsel for the petitioner could not place anything to show that the aforesaid so called university has been established in accordance with Section 2(f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956. It has also not been shown that the university is a “deemed university” under Section 3 of the said Act,nor is an institution especially conferred power to grant or confer degree by an Act of Parliament. Hence, the degree awarded by Gurukul Vishwavidyalaya Vrindavan,