IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Decided on: 22.01.2026 The Secretary to Govt of Punjab and another .........Appellants Versus Dal Bahadur and another .......Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANUPINDER SINGH GREWAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. Aftab Singh Khara, Senior DAG, Punjab.

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DEEPAK MANCHANDA, J.

CM-484-LPA-2026 This application is for condonation of delay of 502 days in filing the appeal.

Learned counsel for the appellants submits that the matter remained under consideration at various official levels to determine whether the case was fit for filing an appeal, which resulted in the delay.

Heard.

The application for condonation of delay is vague and lacking in material particulars. No proper or sufficient explanation has been furnished to justify such an inordinate delay.

Consequently, no sufficient cause is made out for condoning the delay in filing the appeal.

However, having heard learned counsel for the appellants at some length, we deem it appropriate to consider the merits of the appeal as well.

Main case

1. Through this intra-Court appeal, the appellants have challenged the impugned judgment dated 12.07.2024, whereby the