IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL CLMA No. 4151/2008 IN Special Appeal No. 110 of 2008 State of Uttarakhand through Secretary, Technical Education Department, Uttarakhand Government, Dehradun & Another. .……… Appellants Versus Nain Ram, Instructor (Commercial Practice) in Govt. Polytechnic, Takula, District Almora & Four Others. ……… Respondents Mr. Sudhir Kumar, Brief Holder for the appellants-State. Mr. Manoj Tiwari, Advocate for the respondents. Hon’ble V.K. Gupta, C.J. Hon’ble J.C.S. Rawat, J. We have carefully perused the affidavit accompanying the application and find that the delay of two years has gone totally unexplained. As per the averment made in Para 7 of the affidavit, the process of filing the appeal started on 8th June, 2006 when a letter in that direction was issued. A combined reading of Paras 7 & 8 does suggest that on 30th August, 2006, the Law Department of Government of Uttarakhand had accorded its permission for filing the special appeal. The special appeal, however, was filed on 08th July, 2008 i.e. almost two years after the government had taken a decision to do so. What happened between 30th August, 2006 and 08th July, 2008 has not at all been explained in the affidavit. There is neither any whisper nor any murmur with respect to any attempted explanation as to what all happened during these two years. The delay condonation application is rejected. (J.C.S. Rawat, J.) (V.K. Gupta, C. J.) 22.07.2008 22.07.2008 Shiv/V.K.