HIGHGOURTOFJUeiCllTURBGHHATIIStMUtttEBILASIIUR li ^INGLE BENGH: HOWBI.E^«IJ»GDISI-WHAL,I.A(^|.CJ feTITIONER WntPeUSon No. n*®f2806 Sunder Sai, aged atXKtSS yKiis.son ofGtihat»jtel^|anya,residentorvlt|E^ Savitiipyr, Tah Wadraftis®ar, Dtett Surguja (Chhattisgarh) VERSUS RESPONDENTS 1. 2. 3. Ba^ Ktshun, son <rf Late Hariprasad, residert crf wllage Amdeeha, Tah. Wadrafnagar,Di8tt.SuigujaChhattjs^Bti The Boarel •of Revenue, threugh — Its Secretaiy, Bilas(wr The District ColteGtor, Suigi.ija (Chtiattisgarh) WritPetitionunderArticte227ortheGonstitutlonoflndta Present Shri P.P. Sahu, counsel for the pdittoner, Shri A.K Prasad, counse)ft>Fflie nespondent No 1, (Pass«loitW?'.luly;2BO^ HMirct leamedcounselfbFtheparties. Th&petitioneTv^istril^antfwilHteiatepera^^h^ against ^ OTder passed by^ St^Dhnsior^ Cffllcer v^ F^^ propert^ v»h|ch was ptirefia^! by the r pqndent without obtalning the requisite perrnissipn from the Colteetor vrt'iich is condltton preGedent Iw purohaslng crf-the property from a tribal. However, the Su& BMstonal GfRcer byan orderdated 07^5-1993 tia®decidedthbdjsputefegaFdtngtt»landtn question and directed the land to be registered in fawour-pf Uie respomtent No.1 who shall pay the dlfferenoe Tiioney of Rs.1000/- to the petBoner. It has been submitted on behaff of ttw pstittoner ttat h®had no knowledge of the proceedings and he was takei-f to Itie ©w.irtof S.D.@ by Patwari concemed onthe pret^thafcp^pnerhastoslgnonaparti^ document. Petitioner ba& approaehecl ffiis Couit under Arttcte 227 ofi the Constitution of India on tlie giDuntf that aonsidalrg fte ftirts |Emd —-tt^ e^ circumstanGes of the case and the nature oT titigatlon the Collector had allowed the applleation for conctonatton of delay. However, aggrtared by order dated 15-07-2003 passed by the Collector conEteiing the delsy the FespondenVpurehaser of ttie property had filed the Reviston PeBtton before the Board of Revenueand the Bpard of Revenue after hearing ie parties had allowed the revision and eame to the conclusion thatthe giouncte raised by the respondffits were not oonsidered t^ the Coltector while clecidh'®the application under Section 5 of Umitetion Act for condonation of delay. Leamed counsel for the petitioner woyld rety the ordw in the ease of Bhagmal Vs. M.P. CeoperaUve MariteUnfl & Gonsumer FetteiaUon t.td. and othere (2003) 11 Supreme Court Cases 727 wheretn there was delayof sc< yeare in which it has been held ttigt normalty the l-tigh Gourts wotdd be wary in inteFfering with an order passed in the exercise of a discrrtion oonferred by Isw particulariy whensuch discretton u@s exeroisedto enable a partytopursuebis^ttAoiyremedyorappeat.Noctoubtthediscrettonhssto beexereisedJudiciaily.tnthefactsandeiroui'nstfflicesortheGasetheApex Court satisTied wtth the reason stated in the petitlon condonethedelay smd admitted the appeal. Further in the Gase of Apangshu Mohan Lodh and others Vs. Slate ofTripuraand oUiere {SM04)1 SCCI'U wherein tt has been held that power of condonation of delay is diseretionary and ts to be liberally oonstrued. 1 1 haveheard counselforthe partiesandpwusedtheju^'nmtpassed by the Boarel of Revenue InGivil Rwlsion. ttha&beenarguectonb^isilf<rf the respondents that the Board of Rwenue has feund Ihert before the: Cdlectorthe plea of eondonatlon ofdelay was not raised in the appeat and as such the detay should not have been condoned by the Collector and this wouldhaveresultedinautomaticdlspnlssatoFtheappealbeloWtheCdlectot. The interest ofjustice would suffice if only on the grounds indicated in ^the order of ttieBoard of Revenue matter isremandedbacktothelCollector iiijsStiyuilillilitiluai " -'j'rr"""":F If',1^ aoflsnfW.o-Sv ^ -//PS V . . •' ' SD pssodsip^XB^ uoiwiad )U»9MI 'suo!»»uss<l°as8lfl tle IR!AA •lOVUOjiBDiun WQ jp s uoflo^ japun japJO UB ssed pue J8p!su<x»i ||BMS JOjoaiioo 341 anuawyp prfeogsMl ^japjoaiirp w&jaw u| •Japaiioosiftoipapueuiai S| jsgem ayi-ti 89U(ns Plno»}! SOBSnfP lsai3}U! syt ui •^SUIFUOOOV •uoipafcp ou sey i. •ON luspuodsai aytjotajuBSckte issurw psuiB^ ^tRwaouepxio^ PUB pv uo!W!t.l.l^ at»P s uoipas Japun uoRBOiidde ^0 uonBiapisuooaj wi -1-