Writ petition filed by the applicant/appellant was disposed of by this Court alongwith connected writ petitions vide order dated 28.05.2012 by the learned Single Judge. However, appeal has been filed by the applicant/appellant after a delay of 1189 days. The fact that the University had filed the appeal before the Hon’ble Supreme Court cannot be said to be a valid explanation by the applicant/appellant for filing the present appeal after a long delay. Moreover, in case, the decision given by this Court in Milap Chand’s case on 01.05.2013 had not been complied with, even then, the applicant/appellant was required to file the appeal against the order passed by the learned Single Judge within the period of prescribed limitation. The explanation given by the applicant/appellant to explain the delay in filing the appeal cannot be said to be bona-fide. The applicant/appellant was required to have remained vigilant with regard to his rights. The judgment was passed by the learned Single Judge in the presence of the counsel for the applicant/appellant. It is not the case of the applicant/appellant that he was not aware of the decision given by the learned Single Judge, but he chose to file the appeal after a long delay, i.e., 1189 days. Since, in the present case, the delay in filing the appeal cannot be said to be bona-fide, no ground for condonation of delay in filing the appeal is made out.
