HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 118 of 2022 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE ZAFEER AHMAD, J. (Order on C.M.Application No.1 of 2022; Application for Condonation of Delay) 1. None appears for the appellants to press the application for condonation of delay nor the appeal, however, learned Standing Counsel for the State is present. 2. Learned Standing Counsel for the State says that the appointment of the appellants was dehors the rules and not against any sanctioned post nor in accordance with the procedure prescribed, however, we are at this stage not concerned with the merits of the matter. The judgment impugned is dated 25.10.2021 and the appeal has been filed on 04.08.2022. Even after giving the benefit of the orders passed by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Suo Motu Writ Petition (Civil) No.3 of 2020, the limitation would be extended only till 28.02.2022 whereas the appeal has been filed on 04.08.2022. 3. We have gone through the affidavit in support of the application for condonation of delay. No satisfactory explanation has been offered for the period subsequent to 28.02.2022 for condonation of delay, accordingly, the application for condonation of delay is Versus Counsel for Appellant(s) : Alok Kumar Tripathi, Umesh Chandra Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Atul Kumar Srivastava And 8 Others .....Appellant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Secondary Education And 6 Others .....Respondent(s) rejected, consequently, the appeal is dismissed. November 20, 2025 -Piyush- SPLAD No. 118 of 2022 2 (Zafeer Ahmad,J.) (Rajan Roy,J.) Digitally signed by :- PIYUSH YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench