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TMI Blog2023 (4) TMI 1122X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... fter the final approval was stated to be granted. It is well-settled that each day of the delay is required to be explained. In the present case, the delay is substantial and no particulars to explain the delay have been provided. There are no grounds to condone the delay in filing the review petition. The application is dismissed. - W.P.(C) 8677/2017 - - - Dated:- 13-4-2023 - HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIBHU BAKHRU AND HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN For the Petitioner Through: None For the Respondents Through: Mr. Yoginder Handoo, Adv. Mr. Anurag Ojha, Sr. SC with Mr. Gautam Barnwal Mr. Deepak Somani, Advs. For Review Petitioner O R D E R CM APPL. 44837/2019 (for condonation of delay in filing rev ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the first available opportunity. 3. At the outset, it is material to note that the SLP filed by the respondent/review petitioner was beyond the period of limitation. The period for filing a review petition expired on 16.05.2018. It is apparent that the respondents decided not to file the review petition within the period as prescribed but to approach the Supreme Court. However, that too was delayed; the respondent filed the SLP more than seven months after the impugned order. 4. The applicant claims that after the SLP was dismissed, the respondent became aware of dismissal of the SLP somewhere in the month of May, 2019. The respondent has neither specified the date on which it became aware that the SLP was dismissed nor provided any e ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... final approval was stated to be granted. 8. It is well-settled that each day of the delay is required to be explained. In the present case, the delay is substantial and no particulars to explain the delay have been provided. 9. In the case of Postmaster General Ors. v. Living Media India Limited Anr.: (2012) 3 SCC 563 , the Supreme Court observed as under: 29. In our view, it is the right time to inform all the government bodies, their agencies and instrumentalities that unless they have reasonable and acceptable explanation for the delay and there was bona fide effort, there is no need to accept the usual explanation that the file was kept pending for several months/years due to considerable degree of procedural red tape ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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