IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CM-1972-C-2026 in/and RA-RS-9-2026 in RSA-4204-2013 Date of decision :-07.03.2026 Tej Singh …..Applicant-appellant Versus Trilok Singh …..Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present:- Ms. Nisha Tiwari, Advocate for the applicant-appellant. NIDHI GUPTA J. (Oral)

CM-1972-C-2026

1. The present application has been filed under Section 5 of the Limitation seeking condonation of delay of 272 days in filing the accompanying review application.

2. In the said application, it has been stated that the delay of 272 days has been occasioned on account of the fact that the review applicant had been pursuing his remedy before the Hon’ble Supreme Court. It has further been acknowledged that although the SLP filed by the applicant had been dismissed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court vide order dated 6.10.2025, however, even thereafter, the filing of the present review application was delayed by ‘a little over two months’ for the reason that the applicant is an aged person and took some time to collect the record.

3. The said reason does not constitute a cogent or plausible explanation for condonation of inordinate delay of 272 days in fil