Page No.# 1/3 GAHC030002172025 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/57/2025 The State of Mizoram and 3 Ors. Represented by the Chief Secretary to the Government of Mizoram, Aizawl 2: The Secretary to the Government of Mizoram Land Revenue and Settlement Department Aizawl Mizoram 3: The Director Land Revenue and Settlement Department Aizawl Mizoram 4: The Settlement Officer Land Revenue and Settlement Department Aizawl Mizora VERSUS Smt. Lalhlupuii and Anr. D/o Ramliana, R/o Bungkawn, Aizawl, Mizoram 2:Sh. K. Lalhmunmawia S/o Khualhnuna R/o New Capital Complex Aizawl Mizora Advocate for the Petitioner : Addl. AG/GA, Mizoram Advocate for the Respondent : Page No.# 2/3 BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ROBIN PHUKAN ORDER 19.06.2026 Heard Ms. Vanneihsiami, learned counsel for the applicant and Ms. K. Lalrindiki, learned counsel for the opposite party Nos. 1 & 2. The learned counsel for the opposite party Nos. 1 & 2 submits that she will be filing her power during the course of the day. This Interlocutory Application is preferred by the applicant for condonation of delay of 262 days in filing the connected Regular First Appeal against the Judgment & Order dated 19.07.2024 passed by the Ld. Civil Judge (Junior Division)-IV, Aizawl in Civil Suit No. 99/2022. The learned counsel for the applicant submits that though the judgment and order was passed on 19.07.2024 yet, due to some unavoidable circumstances, and also same procedure which was required to be followed by the applicant as usual course of Government proceeding such as, obtaining opinion from the department and also from the office of the Advocate General and also from the Government Advocate, Gauhati High Court, Aizawl Bench, the appeal could not be filed in time and the delay is not intentional rather it is circumstantial and under such circumstances, he has contended to condone the delay of 262 days in preferring the connected appeal. The learned counsel for the opposite party Nos. 1 & 2 submits that she has no objection. Page No.# 3/3 Having heard the submission of the learned counsels for both the parties, this Court has carefully gone through the application and the explanation put forwarded in the said application. And it appears that the delay of 262 days in preferring the connected appeal has sufficiently been explained in para 2(a) to 2(o) of the application and accordingly, the same stands condoned. In terms of the above, this I.A. stands disposed of. In view of the order passed in the I.A., Registry shall register the Regular First Appeal and list the same before the Court as soon as practicable. List the matter after a week. JUDGE Comparing Assistant