LPA No. 1639 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH LPA No. 1639 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision : 24.09.2012 Union of India and others ...Appellants Versus Surinder Singh ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARJAN KUMAR SIKRI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr. S.S. Sandhu, Advocate, for the applicant/appellants. * * * * ARJAN KUMAR SIKRI, C.J. (ORAL) C.M. No. 4453-LPA of 2011 By impugned judgement, the learned Single Judge has allowed the claim of the respondent for disability pension on the ground that the respondent suffered accident in the course of employment. There is a delay of 551 days in preferring the present Letters Patent Appeal. On going through the application, we find that no case for condonation of delay is made out, as there is no sufficient explanation for this delay. The application is totally vague and does not give any specific reason explaining the delay. The only ground given is that the case was initially assigned to the Central Government counsel, who did not prepare the appeal and thereafter it was marked to the present counsel. However, no dates have been LPA No. 1639 of 2010 (O&M) -2- given, as to when it was assigned to the earlier counsel; how much time the earlier counsel took; when it was assigned to the present counsel and how much time the present counsel took in filing the appeal. As the averments contained in the application are totally vague and there is a delay of 175 days in refiling the appeal as well, we decline to condone the delay. LPA No. 1639 of 2010 Since the appeal is time barred, it is dismissed. (ARJAN KUMAR SIKRI) CHIEF JUSTICE (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) JUDGE 24.09.2012 Amodh