TMI Blog2023 (2) TMI 601X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... wo months to respond - HELD THAT:- This is certainly not a sufficient cause to condone the delay but an endeavor to save the back of the officers who did not work when they were so expected to work. It is clear wastage of judicial time and thus we must follow the same path as followed earlier and dismiss the application for condonation of delay with a costs of Rs. 25,000/- with the Supreme Court ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nt dates in Paragraph 5 : On 11-7-2018 it is stated that on acting upon the opinion of the Advocate of the Department a mail was sent to the DGT headquarters which took two months to respond. Thereafter a mail was sent to DGT headquarters on 5th October, 2018 and the entrustment took place two months later on 9th January, 2019. On 16th April, 2019 in pursuance to inter departmental communication, ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e to approach whenever they feel like. Judgments of vintage, of 1980s, when computerization did not exist, are cited and that too in matters of land acquisition cases. We have repeatedly emphasized that the delay must be explained within the parameters of the judgment in Office of the Chief Post Master General Ors. v. Living Media India Ltd. Anr. reported as (2012) 3 SCC 563 = 2012 (277) E.L.T ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... of the officers who did not work when they were so expected to work. It is clear wastage of judicial time and thus we must follow the same path as followed earlier and dismiss the application for condonation of delay with a costs of Rs. 25,000/- with the Supreme Court Group C (Non-Clerical) Employees Welfare Association to be recovered from the officers responsible for the delay. Consequently, t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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