FAO No.5740 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No. 5740 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: 10.02.2011 Rajwinder Kaur ...Appellant Versus Sukhdev Singh and others .....Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present:- Mr. L.M. Gulati, Advocate for the appellant. ..... RAJESH BINDAL, J. Challenge in the present appeal is to the order dated 25.08.2009 passed by the learned Deputy Commissioner-cum-Presiding Officer, Election Tribunal, Amritsar (for short “the Tribunal”), rejecting the election petition filed by the appellant. Along with the appeal an application for condonation of delay of 369 days in filing thereof has been filed. The ground taken in the application is that on an enquiry from the Clerk of the counsel before the Tribunal, she came to know that certified copy of the order had not been prepared as the order had not been signed by the Presiding Officer. However, later she came to know that order had been signed in the year 2009 itself and even the certified copy had also been delivered to the Clerk of the counsel, which was misplaced by him. Immediately thereafter, a fresh copy was applied and after obtaining the certified copy of the order, the present appeal has been filed before this court. Hence the delay of 369 days in filing the appeal. Considering the facts that the term of the Gram Panchayat is merely 5 years and the appellant was sleeping over the matter for more than one year waiting for the certified copy of the order, it shows that she is not interested to pursue the present appeal. Accordingly, I do not find this to be a sufficient ground for condonation of delay of 369 days in filing the appeal. The application for condonation of delay is dismissed and consequently the appeal is also dismissed. (RAJESH BINDAL) JUDGE 10.02.2011 FAO No.5740 of 2010 2 sharmila