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Civil Petition No. 910 of 1974, decided on 28th November 1979.
(On appeal from the judgment and order dated 30‑11‑1 973 of the Lahore High Court at Lahore in Writ Petition No. 561/R‑67).
‑‑S. 5‑‑Condonation of delay‑Petition for special leave to appeal barred by 189 days‑Explanation that after obtaining required copies, petitioner fell ill and could not contact legal adviser and that Supreme Court closed for summer vacation‑Held, not sufficient cause and no ground for condonation of delay.
Malik Muhammad Qayyum, Advocate Supreme Court and Syed Wajid Hussain, Advocate‑on‑Record for Petitioners.
Mian Saeedur Rehman, Advocate Supreme Court and Sh. Salahuddin, Advocate‑on‑Record for Respondent No. 2.‑
Date of hearing : 28th November, 1979.
‑ Leave to appeal from a judgment of the Lahore High Court dated 30‑11‑1973, in a land settlement case, has been sought through this petition. It is barred by 189 days. The explanation offered by the petitioners in application for condonation of delay reads as follows: ‑
"that after obtaining the required copies the petitioner fell ill and could not contact any legal adviser. In the meantime the Supreme Court was closed for summer vacations and the petitioner was under the impression that petitions are not filed during summer vocation.
We do not accept this, by itself, as sufficient cause and ground for condonation of delay. This petition is dismissed as time barred.
Petition dismissed.
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