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State of Hp and Ors. v. Khajan Singh

Himachal Pradesh HC3 Jun 2026CMP.M/1609/2025

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What is this about?

Condonation of delay; 243 days; sufficient cause; CMP(M) No.1609 of 2025; State of HP and Ors. v. Khajan Singh; appeal against judgment dated 22.04.2024; Collector Land Acquisition Anantnag v. Smt. Katiji (1987) 2 SCC 107; LPA to be registered; listed with LPA No.258 of 2026; Additional Advocate General Varun Chandel; Ankit Dhiman.

What did the court decide?

Delay of 243 days in filing the appeal condoned; application allowed and disposed of; appeal to be registered and listed along with LPA No.258 of 2026. ¶13

State of Hp and Ors. Vs Khajan Singh — Himachal Pradesh HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Delay of 243 days in filing the appeal condoned; application allowed and disposed of; appeal to be registered and listed along with LPA No.258 of 2026.

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Issue for consideration

Whether sufficient cause has been made out for condonation of the delay of 243 days in filing the appeal against the judgment dated 22.04.2024.

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Court's answer

Keeping in view the averments made in the application and the settled principles of law laid down in Collector, Land Acquisition, Anantnag v. Smt. Katiji, (1987) 2 SCC 107, that each and every day's delay is not to be explained, the court was of the considered opinion that the application was liable to be allowed as sufficient cause had been made out.

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Ratio / Principle

The application for condonation of delay was allowed; the delay of 243 days in filing the appeal was condoned and the application was disposed of.

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Key takeaways

The appeal was directed to be registered and to be listed along with LPA No.258 of 2026.ratio¶16

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

CMP(M) No.1609 of 2025 (State of HP and Ors. v. Khajan Singh): A bench comprising G.S. Sandhawalia, Chief Justice, and Bipin C. Negi, Judge, allowed the State's application for condonation of a delay of 243 days in filing an appeal (LPA) against the judgment dated 22.04.2024. The chronology set out in the application showed the copy of judgment was received on 13.06.2024, sent to the concerned Branch on 26.06.2024, the matter was taken up with the State on 16.11.2024, approval was received on 18.12.2024, the LPA was prepared on 15.01.2025, sent to the office of the Advocate General on 30.01.2025 for vetting, and finally filed on 10.03.2025. Relying on the settled principles of law laid down in Collector, Land Acquisition, Anantnag v. Smt. Katiji, (1987) 2 SCC 107, that each and every day's delay is not to be explained, the court found sufficient cause, allowed the application, condoned the delay and disposed of the application, directing that the appeal be registered and listed along with LPA No.258 of 2026.

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