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TMI Blog2021 (1) TMI 1170X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rmality and save the skin of the officers who may be in default in following the due process or may have done it deliberately. We have deprecated such practice and process and we do so again. Looking to the period of delay and the casual manner in which the application has been worded, we consider appropriate to impose costs on the petitioner(s) of ₹ 25,000/- for wastage of judicial time which has its own value and the same be deposited with the Supreme Court Employees Welfare Fund within four weeks - Special Leave Petition is dismissed as time barred - Special Leave Petition (Civil) Diary No(s). 11989/2020 - - - Dated:- 22-1-2021 - Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari And Justice Hrishikesh Roy, JJ. Fo ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... which the petitioner has approached this Court without any cogent or plausible ground for condonation of delay. In fact, other than the lethargy and incompetence of the petitioner, there is nothing which has been put on record. We have repeatedly discouraged State Governments and public authorities in adopting an approach that they can walk in to the Supreme Court as and when they please ignoring the period of limitation prescribed by the Statutes, as if the Limitation statute does not apply to them. In this behalf, suffice to refer to our judgments in the State of Madhya Pradesh Ors. v. Bheru Lal [SLP [C] Diary No.9217/2020 decided on 15.10.2020] and The State of Odisha Ors. v. Sunanda Mahakuda [SLP [C] Diary No.22605/2020 decided on ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... opriate to impose costs on the petitioner(s) of ₹ 25,000/- for wastage of judicial time which has its own value and the same be deposited with the Supreme Court Employees Welfare Fund within four weeks. The amount be recovered from the officers responsible for the delay in filing the Special Leave Petition and a certificate of recovery of the said amount be also filed in this Court within the same period of time. The Special Leave Petition is dismissed as time barred in terms aforesaid. Pending application stands disposed of. A copy of this order be placed before the Chief Secretary for the State of Karnataka cautioning that any non-adherence with the aforesaid order within timeline would result in appropriate procee ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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