HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 5500 of 2026 Court No. - 6 HON'BLE PRAKASH PADIA, J. 1. Against the order passed by the Disciplinary Authority dated 09.01.2013 petitioner submitted a representation / appeal before the respondent no.2 namely Deputy Director Panchayat Raj Bareilly Mandal, District Bareilly on 16.05.2025 i.e., after more than 12 years and 5 months. The appeal was dismissed by the respondent no.2 vide its order dated 31.01.2026 on the ground of laches. 2. It is argued that petitioner is a Class-IV employee (safaikarmi) and due to unavoidable circumstances he was not able to file an appeal during the prescribed time. Hence, a prayer has been made to condone the delay in filing an appeal of the petitioner and direct the respondent no.2 to decide the appeal on merits. 3. Heard counsel for the parties and perused the record. 4. From perusal of the record it appears that appeal filed by the petitioner before the respondent no.2 is statutory in nature and the same was rejected only on the ground of laches. 5. In this view of the matter, the Court is of the opinion that once the statutory rights has been approved in favour of the petitioner the same could not be cancelled only on the ground of laches and the laches should be condoned by imposing some exemplary cost. 6. In this view of the matter, the petitioner is permitted to deposit the sum of Rs.1,000/- with the Allahabad High Court Bar Association within a Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Amit Khanna Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Suresh Kumar .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) week from today and petitioner should placed the receipt of deposit along-with the certified copy of this order before the Respondent no.2 namely Deputy Director Panchayat Raj Bareilly Mandal, District Bareilly. If it is so, the Respondent No.2 will consider and decide the appeal submitted by the petitioner on merits after condoning the delay in filing the same, expeditiously and preferably within a period of two months from the date of presentation of receipt of amount along-with certified copy of this order. April 20, 2026 Swati WRIA No. 5500 of 2026 2 (Prakash Padia,J.) Digitally signed by :- SWATI PATHAK High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- SWATI PATHAK High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- SWATI PATHAK High Court of Judicature at Allahabad