Court Acknowledges Procedural Delays in Departmental Appeals, Considers 309-Day Delay Reasonable Due to File Movement and Clearances.

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....Condonation of delay - delay of 309 days - The Court cannot be oblivious to the fact that departmental appeals involve unavoidable procedural delays by reason of pushing of files from one authority to the other, obtaining of the requisite clearances and the like, and a month’s time for preparation of the appeal and connected ground work for filing the appeal is not unreasonable - HC....