1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Civil Review No. 74 of 2022 With I.A. No. 3991 of 2026 Nistar Minz, S/o Late Abraham Minz, at present residing at South Railway Colony, PO & PS-Chutia, District-Ranchi, retired as Deputy Director of Agriculture, Soil Conservation, Ranchi, having additional charge of Director, Agriculture, Jharkhand, Ranchi ... ... Review Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand, through the Chief Secretary, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi 2. The Principal Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Sugarcane Development, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi 3. The State of Bihar represented through the Principal Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Bihar, Patna 4. The Chairman, Departmental Promotion Committee, PO & PS- Doranda, Ranchi ... … Opposite Parties CORAM: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR For the Petitioner : Mr. Rajiv Sinha, Advocate Mr. Rohit Sinha, Advocate Ms. Sreesha Sinha, Advocate Mr. Niraj Kumar, Advocate Mr. B.K. Prasad, Advocate For the State of Jharkhand : Mr. Ankit Kumar, AC to GP-VI For the State of Bihar : Mr. Diwakar Upadhyay, AC to GA (Bihar) ----- Order No. 07 Dated: 22.04.2026 I.A. No. 3991 of 2026 1. This application seeks condonation of delay in filing this review petition. The application refers to delay of 625 days but the learned counsel for the applicant points out that in reality, the delay is of only 192 days. 2. The record shows that after this review petition was filed seeking review of the order dated 03.02.2022, the petitioner preferred a Special Leave Petition against the same on 05.04.2022. The said S.L.P. was dismissed on 20.05.2022 before this review petition was filed on 29.09.2022. 2 3. Post the filing of the review petition, the petitioner took almost four years to clear the office objections and filed a certified copy of the order of which the review was applied. Though, this delay is regrettable, this delay cannot be included for computing the delay in filing the review petition itself. 4. Considering the fact that the petitioner did file Special Leave Petition and after its dismissal filed this review petition within a reasonable period, sufficient cause has been shown to condone this delay of over 192 days. This is not a case where the petitioner was indolent in the matter of instituting the review petition at least. 5. Therefore, on cumulative consideration of these circumstances, we condone the delay and dispose of I.A. No. 3991 of 2026. (M. S. Sonak, C.J.) (Rajesh Shankar, J.) April 22, 2026 Manish/Ritesh