Item No. D-1, 6 & 7 Mehar Chand Vs. Executive Director (Personnel & another) a/w connected matters. LPA No. 46 of 2025 a/w LPA No. 498 of 2024 and CMPs (M) No. 174 and 175 of 2025 13.05.2025 Present: Mr. Dibender Ghosh, Advocate, for the appellant(s)/applicants. Ms. Sunita Sharma, Senior Advocate with Mr. Sunder Kumar, Advocate, for the respondents/non-applicants. LPA No. 498 of 2024. Notice. Mr. Sunder Kumar, Advocate, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents. CMPs (M) No. 174 and 175 of 2025 2. CMP (M) No. 174 of 2025 has been filed for condoning the delay of 118 days’ in filing the appeal, challenging the judgment passed by the learned Single Judge on 17.07.2024 in CWP No. 10248 of 2023. 3. CMP(M) (M) No. 175 of 2025 has been filed for condoning the delay of 126 days’ in filing the appeal, challenging the judgment passed by the learned Single Judge on 09.07.2024 in CWP No. 5941 of 2024. 4. As per the averments made in the applications, the Counsel for the applicants came to know about the status of the cases only on 29.08.2024 and the applicants are stated to be living in an interior and hard area of District Kullu and it was in such circumstances that the delay in filing the appeals had occurred. 5. Keeping in view the settled principles of law laid down in Collector, Land Acquisition, Anantnag Vs. Smt. Katiji and others, (1987) 2 SCC 107, that each and every day’s delay is not to be explained, we are of the considered opinion that the applications are liable to be allowed as sufficient cause has been made out. Accordingly, the applications are allowed and delay in filing the appeals is condoned. 6. Appeals be registered. 7. Issue notice. Mr. Sunder Singh, Advocate, waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents. List all the matters on 28.06.2025. (G.S. Sandhawalia) Chief Justice. (Ranjan Sharma) Judge May 13, 2025 (hemlata)