IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Special Appeal No. 04 of 2011 [CLMA (Delay Condonation Appln.) No.287 of 2011] Ravi Dutt Juglan ………… Appellant Versus State of Uttarakhand and others .…...……. Respondents Present: Mr. Ajay Veer Pundir, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. Vinay Kumar, Standing Counsel (State of Uttarakhand) for respondent Nos.1 to 4. Mr. M.C. Pant, Advocate for respondent No. 5. Coram : Hon’ble Barin Ghosh, Chief Justice Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, Judge Date of Decision : 10.03.2011 Barin Ghosh, C. J. (Oral) Although no reason, far less sufficient reason has been furnished in the application for condonation of delay in preferring the appeal, still then we allow the application for condonation of delay in preferring the appeal only for the reason that unless we interfere in the matter, it appears that the appellant may suffer. Admit. With consent of the parties, we have heard the learned counsel for the parties. There is a contention that the present appeal is not maintainable in view of the provisions contained in Chapter VIII Rule 5 of the High Court Rules. However, even without going into that question, we are not in a position to assist the appellant. According to the appellant, he wanted to become a life member. According to him, he has not been made life member. According to him, in order to become a life member, he is required to give ` 5,100/- (`five thousand one hundred) or an amount more than that 2 or a property to the Institute. There is nothing on record as to how much money the appellant gave to the Institute, if in fact, he has given any. The fact remains that he was not made a member of the Institute and, accordingly, was not competent to question election of the Institute, which he purported to do and which was put forward by him in the writ petition. We, accordingly, dispose of the appeal without interfering with the judgment and order under appeal preserving, however, the liberty of the appellant, if he has given ` 5,100/- to the Institute, to take such recourse to law for the purpose of obtaining recognition that he is a life member of the Institute. ( Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. ) ( Barin Ghosh, C.J.) 10.03.2011 P. Singh