“ Sect i on 5 of t he Li mi t at i on Act gi ves power t o t he cour t t o admi t t he appeal or appl i cat i on af t er t he pr escr i bed per i od. The Supr eme Cour t gener al l y adopt s a l i ber al appr oach i n condonat i on of del ay f i ndi ng somewhat suf f i ci ent cause t o deci de t he appeal on mer i t s. When t he St at e i s an appl i cant , pr ayi ng f or condonat i on of del ay, i t i s common knowl edge t hat on account of i mper sonal machi ner y and t he i nher i t ed bur eaucr at i c met hodol ogy i mbued wi t h t he not e- maki ng, f i l e- pushi ng, and passi ng- on- t he- buck et hos, del ay on t he par t of t he St at e i s l ess di f f i cul t t o under st and t hough mor e di f f i cul t t o appr ove, but t he St at e r epr esent s col l ect i ve cause of t he Communi t y. Deci si ons ar e t aken by of f i cer s/ agenci es pr over bi al l y at sl ow pace and encumber ed pr ocess of pushi ng t he f i l es f r om t abl e t o t abl e and keepi ng i t on t abl e f or consi der abl e t i me causi ng del ayi nt ent i onal or ot her wi se- i s a r out i ne. Consi der abl e del ay of pr ocedur al r ed t ape i n t he pr ocess of t hei r maki ng deci si on i s a common f eat ur e. Ther ef or e, cer t ai n amount of l at i t ude i s not i mper mi ssi bl e. I f t he appeal s br ought by t he St at e ar e l ost f or such def aul t no per son i s i ndi vi dual l y af f ect ed but what i n t he ul t i mat e anal ysi s suf f er s, i s publ i c i nt er est . The expr essi on " suf f i ci ent cause" shoul d, t her ef or e, be consi der ed wi t h pr agmat i sm i n j ust i ce- or i ent ed appr oach r at her t han t he t echni cal det ect i on of suf f i ci ent cause f or expl ai ni ng ever y day' s del ay. The f act or s whi ch ar e pecul i ar t o and char act er i st i c of t he f unct i oni ng of t he Gover nment al condi t i ons woul d be cogni zant t o and r equi r es adopt i on of pr agmat i c appr oach i n j ust i ce- or i ent ed pr ocess. The Cour t shoul d deci de t he mat t er s on mer i t s unl ess t he case i s hopel essl y wi t hout mer i t . No separ at e st andar ds t o det er mi ne t he cause l ai d by t he
