7. It is not in dispute that the suit has been filed challenging the revenue recovery proceedings against the respondents and raise the attachment in respect of the property. It is the specific contention of the Government Advocate that after the decree, the file went to the Government Pleader Office and it got mixed up with other bundles and therefore, the delay occurred. P.W.1 has also been examined in this regard. He has also spoken clearly about the delay as required to be explained. There must be sufficient cause shown by the party who seeks to condone delay. When the sufficient cause is shown, the Court should not be rigid in extending discretion by shutting the parties their valuable rights at the initial stage itself. Admittedly, P.W1 was examined and he has given reason and that cannot be ignored. Nowadays, how the Government Pleader appointed on tenure basis having political cloud and their functions in the Court of law is also sometimes not approved by the Court. Sometimes they do not even show their attention to the cases of the Government properly. Of Course, it is not all the Government Pleaders are of such character. But only a few, I am citing as example, not generally.
