IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.M.No.7805-CI of 201 in/and RFA No.3473 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision:28.09.2011 Kuldip Singh and others ....Appellants Versus Union Territory, Chandigarh ....Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR GARG 1. Whether reporters of local newspapers may be allowed to see judgment ? 2. To be referred to reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? Present: Mr. P.C.Dhiman, Advocate, for the appellants. * * * RAKESH KUMAR GARG, J (ORAL) This is claimants' appeal seeking enhancement of compensation for their acquired land. This appeal is time barred and has been filed after a delay of 3158 days after the expiry of limitation period. There is a huge delay of 3158 days in filing of this appeal. Only reason given for condoning the delay is that the claimants had earlier engaged one counsel Mr. Pardip Singh Rana to file the instant appeal. However, he did not file this appeal and the claimants/appellants came to know about this fact of non-filing of appeal on their behalf only when other appeals were decided on 18.5.2010. Such an explanation has not been accepted by this Court in RFA No.2270 of 2010 decided on 22.7.2011 and in RFA No.4898 of 2010 decided on 16.08.2011. Thus, for the reasons recorded in RFA Nos.2270 of 2010 (supra) and 4898 of 2010 (supra), no ground can be made to condone such a huge delay of 3158 days, in the instant case and therefore the prayer for condonation of delay is rejected. C.M.No.7805-CI of 201 in/and -2- RFA No.3473 of 2011 (O&M) Since the application for condonation of delay is rejected, this appeal is also dismissed being time barred. September 28, 2011 (RAKESH KUMAR GARG) savita JUDGE