C.M. No. 3348 of 2010 and LPA No. 1121 of 2010 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.M. No. 3348 of 2010 and LPA No. 1121 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 20.12.2010 Deepika Nanda ….. APPELLANT VERSUS State of Haryana ….. RESPONDENT CORAM:HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Present: Mr. Ram Bilas Gupta, Advocate, for the appellant. Ms. Palika Monga, DAG, Haryana. *** Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) This application has been filed to condone the delay of 3932 days in filing LPA No. 1121 of 2010. As per facts on record, RFA No.1032 of 1999 filed by the applicant was disposed of on 20.07.1999. In this application, for condonation of delay, it is only stated that the applicant has no knowledge regarding disposal of her appeal and she also failed to contact her counsel for a period of 10 years. The C.M. No. 3348 of 2010 and LPA No. 1121 of 2010 (O&M) 2 applicant came to know about disposal of her appeal only in the last week of April, 2010 and immediately thereafter, this appeal was filed. We feel that on such like averments, a huge delay of 3932 days cannot be condoned. How the applicant came to know about the disposal of her appeal, who informed her, why she failed to contact her counsel for 10 years, is not explained in the application. It is not in dispute that when her appeal was disposed of, a large number of appeals of the co-villagers were also decided, they filed LPAs in this Court, which were also disposed of on 05.08.2009. Under these circumstances, it is not believable that she will not come to know about the disposal of her appeal. In view of a judgment passed by this Court in C.M. No. 1044 of 2010 in LPA No. 378 of 2010 decided on 11.11.2010, wherein a similar matter was in issue and delay was not condoned on a ground that LPAs filed by other land owners challenging the notifications, vide which land of the applicant was also acquired, were allowed by this Court. No case is made out for condoning the delay. Application is dismissed. Appeal also stands dismissed. ( JASBIR SINGH ) JUDGE ( AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) JUDGE December 20, 2010 pj