IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.553 of 2008 ZILA PARISHAD DARBHANGA & ANR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- For the Appellants : Md. Shahnawaz Ali, Advocate ------------- P R E S E N T Hon'ble the Chief Justice & Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kishore K. Mandal ---------- Dated, the 25th July, 2008. Appeal suffers from delay of 105 days and for condonation thereof an application (I.A. No.4352 of 2008) has been made. Even if we condone the delay in filing the appeal for reasons set out in the application, we are of the considered view that this intra- Court appeal is devoid of any substance and does not deserve to be admitted. 2. The counsel submits that because of paucity of fund, the payment of gratuity could not be made in time. We are afraid, this does not justify the long delay in payment of gratuity. Seen thus, the award of interest by the Single Judge on delayed payment at statutory rate cannot be said to suffer from any legal flaw. 3. L.P.A. has not merit. It is dismissed in limine. 4. This disposes of I.A. No.4352 of 2008 as well. R. M. Lodha, CJ Kishore K. Mandal, J Pawan/-