IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CM Nos.10896 & 10897-CI of 2011 and RFA No.4854 of 2011 Date of decision: 16.9.2011 State of Haryana & others ......Appellant(s) Versus Maina Devi etc. ......Respondent(s) CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR GARG * * * Present: Mr. Ashok Jindal, Additional Advocate General, Haryana for the appellant(s). Rakesh Kumar Garg, J. (Oral) The State of Haryana has filed the instant appeal challenging the impugned award dated 22.1.2010 of the Reference Court, Sirsa on the ground that market value as determined is on the higher side. There is a delay of 256 days in filing and 157 days in refiling this appeal. Along with this appeal, applications for condonation of said delay have also been filed wherein the following averments made which read thus: “That the limitation for filing RFA's on behalf of State of Haryana was to be expired on 26.4.2010 and the RFA was to be prepared and filed in this case. That due to shortage of staff and time as well as the departmental procedural requirements, the appellant could not prepare and file the RFA within the limitation and thus, a delay of 256 days has been caused in filing the same. That the delay in filing RFA has not been caused intentionally, willfully and deliberately but have been caused only because of the reasons mentioned above beyond the control of appellants.” CM Nos.10896 & 10897-CI of 2011 and RFA No.4854 of 2011 -2- For the reasons recorded in the judgment of this Court of even date passed in RFA No.4649 of 2011 wherein verbatim grounds have been taken to condone the delay which have not been accepted by this Court, the prayer made herein to condone the delay in filing as well in refiling the appeal is rejected. Since the delay in filing and refiling this appeal has not been condoned, the instant appeal is dismissed as time barred. September 16, 2011 (RAKESH KUMAR GARG) ps JUDGE