Surinder Pal v. Land Acquisition Officer (Slau) -cum- Competent Authority and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Condonation of delay application allowed; appeal admitted. Parties: Surinder Pal (appellant/applicant) vs. LAO (SLAU)-cum-Competent Authority (respondent No.1) and respondent No.2. Case: OMP (M) No. 215/2026, decided 19.6.2026, single judge (Romesh Verma). Grounds for delay: heavy monsoon July–October 2025 preventing travel to Shimla to engage an Advocate; house under construction flooded and damaged; certified copy of judgment dated 11.06.2025 (received 08.07.2025) misplaced and recovered first week of January 2026. Respondents' counsel (Baldev Singh Negi, Addl. A.G.; Shreya Chauhan) raised no objection. Application affidavit-supported; delay condoned; appeal registered, notice waived, admitted, records summoned, listed in due course. No statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Condonation of delay in filing the appeal granted; application stands disposed of; appeal to be registered, notice issued and waived by counsel for both respondents; appeal admitted; records to be sent for; matter to be listed in due course.