Appeal Timely Filed; Delay Condonation Application Deemed Unnecessary u/s 35B; Respondent's Objection Misplaced.

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....Jurisdiction - proper authority to sign the application - In the instant case, the appeal was filed within time and there was only delay in rectification of defect pointed out by the Registry. Even otherwise, the primary objection of the Ld. Counsel for the respondent regarding the condonation of delay application being signed by an officer not authorized by Committee of Commissioners is misplaced as the requirement of filing of appeal under Section 35B is only for filing the appeals and not for other miscellaneous applications - Since there is no delay in filing the appeal, the applications for condonation of delay are dismissed as infructuous. - AT....