ORDER

The petitioner herein-Shanmuga Sundaram, who is arrayed as 5th respondent in O.A.No.2 of 2019 on the file of Special Court under TNPID Act, Chennai has preferred this Civil Miscellaneous Petition for condoning the delay of 231 days in filing the CMA.SR.128414 of 2025.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondent No.1- the Competent Authority and District Revenue Officer, Chennai.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner sought to prefer Civil Miscellaneous Appeal against the order passed in O.A.No.2 of 2019, dated 21.09.2024 by the Special Court under Tamil Nadu protection of Interest of Depositors (In Financial Establishments) Act, 1997 TANPID Act, Chennai, in and by which, the Special Judge, has made the ad- interim attachment made by the Government as absolute and in consequence thereof, a direction was issued to the Competent Authority/District Revenue Officer, Chennai to sell the attached properties belonging to R1 to R4 therein in public auction.

4. He would further submit that though he engaged a counsel to contest the OA, the petitioner was set exparte and thereafter since all his efforts to cont