Allowed
Sreedharan v. the District Collector
Kerala HCWP(C)/14405/2020
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The Court held that before rejecting late-filed reference applications under Section 64 of the RA 2013, the Collector must consider accompanying applications for condonation of delay. Setting aside orders that rejected such applications without doing so, the Court directed the Second Respondent to reconsider the delay petitions and pass orders expeditiously.
What did the court decide?
Set aside orders rejecting reference applications; direct Second Respondent to reconsider delay condonation applications and pass appropriate orders within two months.