SPA No. 224 of 2009 With Delay Cond. App. 10766 /09 Hon. Prafulla C. Pant, J. Hon. B.S. Verma, J. Mr. A. Rab, Advocate present for the appellant. Mr. S.P.S. Panwar, Addl. Chief Standing Counsel for the State of U.P. present for respondents No. 1 and 2. Mr. M.C. Tiwari, Addl. Chief Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand present for respondent No. 3. This is Delay Condonation Application No. 10766 of 2009, for condoning the delay in filing the appeal. Heard and perused the affidavit accompanying the application. The delay condonation application is allowed. Delay in filing the appeal is condoned. Also, heard on the admission of special appeal, and perused the order dated 23.10.2009, passed by learned Single Judge, in Writ Petition No. 5361 of 2001 (S/S), whereby said writ petition was dismissed on the ground of latches. We have perused the record of the writ petition and found that the petitioner was terminated from service in the year 1957. In the earlier round of litigation he filed a writ petition in the year 1959, which was disposed of in the year 1966, by the Allahabad High Court. Thereafter, after a gap of 31 years, in the year 1997, the petitioner filed another writ petition which was disposed of vide impugned order dated 23.10.2009. Though, the petitioner has stated in the writ petition that he made representations to the authorities concerned, but the annexures filed with the writ petition show that he made one representation in the year 1967, another in 1977, and thereafter the third in the year 1996. We are not satisfied with the explanation given for the latches, and concur with the view taken by the learned Single Judge. Accordingly, the special appeal is dismissed summarily. (B.S. V., J.) (P.C. P., J.) 23.04.2010 23.04.2010 HN