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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD FIRST APPEAL No. - 274 of 2020 Court No. - 5 HON'BLE PRAKASH PADIA, J.
HON'BLE INDRAJEET SHUKLA, J.
1. List has been revised but nobody is present on behalf of the parties. 2. Following order was passed by this Court on 10.08.2026:-
1. Learned counsel for the petitioner may file paper books within two weeks. 2. Subject to filing of paper books, list this appeal for hearing on 03.09.2026; in the event paper books are not filed, the appeal will be listed on the aforementioned date under Chapter XIII Rule 3 of Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952. 3. As per office report dated 18.09.2026, no paper-book has been filed by the appellant. It is also clear from perusal of the record that no application whatsoever has been filed by the counsel for the parties seeking a some more time to file the paper book. 4. It is provided under Chapter XIII Rule 3 of the Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952 that if the paper book is not supplied within time, appeal or the cross-objection, as the case may be, shall be listed before the Court for hearing such an appeal or cross-objection and the same may be dismissed unless, on an application in writing made in this behalf, the Court for sufficient cause shown grants further time. Chapter XIII Rule 3 of the Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952 reads as follows:-
"3. Paper Book to be prepared out of Court :- Paper book in a First Versus Counsel for Appellant(s) : Rajiv Kumar Tripathi Counsel for Respondent(s) : Vikas Singh Smt. Priyanka Patel .....Appellant(s) Manoj Kumar .....Respondent(s)
appeal shall be prepared out of Court by the appellant and respondent in accordance with these rules except that documents which are in Hindi or Urdu need not be translated. Documents in Urdu shall be transliterated in Devanagari script. The correctness of the translation and typing of such paper book shall be certified by the Advocate of the party preparing the paper book.
The appellant, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, within six months from the date when a notice is exhibited by the High Court of the receipt of record under Rule 5 and the respondent, within three months from the date when the appellant has supplied the copies of the paper book to the Court, shall supply to the Court as many copies of the paper book as there may be parties to be served together with six extra copies for the use of the Court : Provided that if the paper book is not supplied within time, the appeal or the cross-objection, as the case may be, shall be listed before the Judge or Judges for hearing such an appeal or cross-objection and the same may be dismissed unless, on an application in writing made in this behalf, the Court for sufficient cause shown grants further time. The Registrar General shall determine the cost of preparation of such paper books before the appeal comes up for hearing and the Court shall decide whether the whole or a portion of such cost shall be cost in the cause."
5. It is made clear from perusal of the record as well as from perusal of the order sheet that neither any paper book has been filed nor any application has been filed till date. 6. In this view of the matter, the First Appeal is Dismissed. October 6, 2026 saqlain FAPL No. 274 of 2020 2 (Indrajeet Shukla,J.) (Prakash Padia,J.) Digitally signed by :- SYED MOHAMMAD SAQLAIN HAIDER High Court of Judicature at Allahabad