IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA FIRST APPEAL No.264 of 2002 ======================================================

MAHENDRA NARAYAN PRASAD and ORS ... ... Appellant/s Versus BADRINATH MAHTA and ORS ... ... Respondent/s ======================================================

Appearance :

For the Appellant/s : Mr. Shambhu Sharan Singh, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Ajay Mukherjee, Advocate For the Respondent : Mr. Bhubaneshwar Prasad, Advocate Mr. Tushar Anand, Advocate ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAMESH CHAND MALVIYA ORAL ORDER

33 02-02-2026 Due to some typographical error, in the previous Court’s order i.e. order dated 25.07.2024, the serial number of the said order has wrongly been typed as Order No.2 in place of Order No.32. Let the serial number of the order dated

25.07.2024 be read as Order No.32.

Re:- I.A. No.14 of 2024 The present Interlocutory Application has been filed for condoning the delay of about two years eight months and twenty-two days in filing the present appeal as stated in the said delay has occurred unintentionally as when the proposed Appellant No.3(B) had visited one of his friends houseon 09.08