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2019 (6) TMI 303 - PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURTCondonation of delay - sufficient cause for delay of 733 and 739 days - as urged appellant is engaged in agriculture in the village of Haryana and being not educated, was not fully aware of the rights and remedies available to him for the redressal of his grievances. The appellant was unable to file the appeal on time as he had come to know about the same only from the order dated 4.10.2018 passed by the Tribunal in identical cases - HELD THAT:- Law of limitation has been enacted which is based on public policy so as to prescribe time limit for availing legal remedy for redressal of the injury caused. The purpose behind enacting law of limitation is not to destroy the rights of the parties but to see that the uncertainty should not prevail for unlimited period. The meaning to be assigned to the expression “sufficient cause” occurring in Section 5 of the 1963 Act should be such so as to do substantial justice between the parties. The existence of sufficient cause depends upon facts of each case and no hard and fast rule can be applied in deciding such cases. We do not find any ground to condone the colossal delay of 733 and 739 days in filing the appeals. The question regarding whether there is sufficient cause or not depends upon each case and primarily is a question of fact to be considered taking into totality of events which had taken place in a particular case. In the present case after appreciating the matter it cannot be said that there was sufficient cause for condonation of delay. However, the appeal was required to be filed within the stipulated period of limitation of 120 days. But the appellant filed the appeal before this Court on 27.2.2019, after a delay of 733 days. The plea of the appellant as mentioned above would not satisfy the test of sufficient cause. The explanation of the appellant is bereft of justification for the delay caused in filing the appeal keeping in view the totality of facts and circumstances of the present case. Thus finding no merit in the applications for condonation of delay in filing the appeal, the same are hereby dismissed
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