IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CM No.6507-CI of 2011 and RFA No.2716 of 2011 Date of decision: 6.9.2011 Sunandan Gupta ......Appellant(s) Versus The State of Haryana ......Respondent(s) CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR GARG * * * Present: Mr. Surinder Singh, Advocate for the appellant. Rakesh Kumar Garg, J. (Oral) There is a delay of 129 days in filing this appeal. In the application for condonation of delay, it has been averred that on 17.7.2010 when the award by the learned Additional District Judge, was passed, the applicant was out of country and he had returned to India only on 27.10.2010. He had contacted his counsel only on 8.2.2010 and came to know that the case has already been decided on 17.7.2010. No explanation is forthcoming as to what prevented the appellant from contacting his counsel after his return from USA on 27.10.2010. Thus, the delay in filing this appeal has not been explained. Even no document has been placed on record that appellant was out of country upto 17.7.2010. No sufficient cause has been shown to condone the delay as per the averments made in the application, prayer is therefore, rejected. Since the prayer for condoning the delay is rejected, the main appeal itself is dismissed as time barred. September 6, 2011 (RAKESH KUMAR GARG) ps JUDGE