1) This application is filed under Section 5 of the Limitation Act,
1963 to condone the delay of 266 days in filing the Letters
Patent Appeal challenging the judgment dt. 02.01.2024 passed
by the learned Single Judge in W.P.(S) No. 890 of 2018.
2) In the application filed for condonation of delay, it is stated that
the file was put up before the Assistant director (Law Cell) for
taking further steps in the matter; that he forwarded the file to
the Assistant Director on 15.02.2024; the latter put up the file
before the Under Secretary (Law) on 20.02.2024 with a noting
that the file may be endorsed to the Law Department for its
opinion; and it was then placed before the Director/Principal
Secretary on 26.02.2024 with the same noting. The Secretary
then forwarded it to the Under Secretary (Law) again saying
that opinion of Law Department may be obtained; file was then
endorsed to the Departmental retainer for preparing grounds of
appeal on 31.05.2024 and he prepared the grounds of appeal
on 26.06.2024.