High Court Rejects Revenue's Appeals Due to Excessive Delays; Cites Negligence and Inefficient File Management.

Condonation of delay of 163 days, 207 days & 197 days in filing appeal by Revenue - A perusal of paragraphs 3 to 8 of the application of condonation of delay would indicate that a very cavalier and casual attitude has been shown by the revisionist in filing the instant revision inasmuch as file and papers/permissions have been shunted from one desk to the other. Even though the file has reached the "ultimate destination" for drafting of the revision i.e to the concerned learned counsel for drafting of the revision in August, 2019 yet it has taken more than four months for the revision to be drafted despite limitation period of three months being prescribed under the statute for filing of a revision. - Delay not condoned - HC .....

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