IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SMT JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR W.P.M.P.NO:661 OF 2008 & WRIT APPEAL NO : 954 of 2009 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 15/02/2007 in WP NO : 5426 OF 2006 on the file of the High Court.) Between: 1 Sri C.B.S. Venkata Ramana, Secretary to Government, School Education Department, 2 Sri S. Balasubramnayam, Commissioner of School Education, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 3 Sri P. Laxma Reddy Regional Joint Director of School Education, Warangal. 4 Sri P.V. Srihari District Educational Officer, Karimnagar. ..... APPELLANT(S) AND I.M.S. School, Basanthnagar, Karimnagar, Rep. by its Correspondent. .....RESPONDENT Counsel for the Appellant:GP FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.A.VENKATARAMANA The Court made the following : HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE T. MEENA KUMARI & HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR W.P.M.P.NO:661 OF 2008 & WRIT APPEAL NO : 954 of 2009 JUDGMENT: (Per Hon’ble Smt. Justice T. Meena Kumari). W.P.M.P.661 of 2008 is filed seeking to condone the delay of 366 days in filing the writ appeal. The grounds raised by the appellant in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, are that the order of this Court dated 15.2.2007 was received in the office of the 3rd appellant on 30.3.2007 and since the authorities have requested for filing S.L.P in this matter, the G.P. for School Education was addressed by the Director of School Education, Hyderabad vide letter dated 21.5.2007 for obtaining and providing the certified copies of the judgment and the learned G.P. in his letter dated 18.12.2007 has issued his opinion advising the authorities for filing a writ appeal and therefore, the delay of 366 days in filing the appeal has occurred and the said delay is purely due to aforesaid reasons. Order impugned in the appeal is dated 15.2.2007. When it was said to be received by the 3rd respondent on 30.3.2007, the same was responded on 21.5.2007 by simply writing a letter to the G.P. for School Education. But, the same cannot be construed as a sufficient cause so as to get the delay condoned. Thus, the reason assigned by the appellant does not appear to be a bonafide so as to condone the inordinate delay of 366 days in filing the appeal. Hence, we see no reason to condone such an inordinate delay. Accordingly, this delay condone petition is dismissed. Consequently, W.A. (SR) is dismissed. No costs. ___________________________ Justice T. MEENA KUMARI _______________________ Justice SANJAY KUMAR Dated 9th July, 2009. Dvs/Gurc HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE T. MEENA KUMARI & HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR W.P.M.P.NO:661 OF 2008 & WRIT APPEAL NO : 954 of 2009 (Judgment of the Division Bench delivered by Hon’ble Smt. Justice T. Meena Kumari) Dated 9th July, 2009.