2019 (5) TMI 1660

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..... oncerned department, hence there is delay. HELD THAT:- We are of the view that a clear signal has to sent to the Government Authorities that they cannot approach the Court as and when they please, on account of gross incompetence of their officers and that too without taking any action against the concerned officers. No detail of this delay of 728 days have been given as if there is an inherent .....

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..... ench after a delay of 367 days. The Division Bench dismissed the application for condonation of delay on the ground that there was no sufficient cause shown for condonation of delay. It is thereafter with a delay of 728 days that the special leave petition has been filed. The reason given for seeking condonation of this extraordinary 728 days delay is as under: 2. that the petitioner St .....

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..... is no more admissible on the pretext of Government working lethargy is clear from the judgment of this court in The Chief Post Master General vs. Living Media India Ltd. [2012(3) SCC 563]. We strongly deprecate the casual manner in which the Division Bench was approached and also this Court has been approached; the objective possibly being to get a certificate of dismissal from this Cou .....

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