Statutory limitation bars appellate condonation beyond the prescribed outer limit, but implemented registration restoration made departmental challenges infructuous.

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....Statutory appellate jurisdiction does not permit the First Appellate Authority to condone delay beyond the enactment's prescribed outer limit; equitable relief available in writ jurisdiction cannot enlarge that power. Condonation beyond that limit renders consequential appellate orders legally unsustainable. Where the Department has implemented those orders by restoring cancelled registrations, altering the registrants' legal and commercial position and permitting business continuation, it cannot seek annulment without addressing the consequences of restoration. The absence of effective, workable relief makes the Department's challenge infructuous and not maintainable.....