PATNA, India, Sept. 9 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Aug. 11:

This application is filed under Section-5 of the Limitation Act for condonation of delay of 43 days in preferring the present appeal.

2. Heard learned counsel for the applicants/appellants and learned counsel for the respondent.

3. We have considered the submissions canvassed by learned counsel for the parties and gone through the averments made in the present interlocutory application.

4. In view of the averments made in this petition and the submissions canvassed by the learned counsel for the applicants/appellants, we are of the view that the applicants/appellants have shown sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within the time of limitation.

5. Accordingly, this interlocutory application is allowed. Delay of 43 days caused in preferring the present appeal is condoned.

L.P.A. No.317 of 2024 The present appeal has been filed under Clause-X of the Letters Patent of Patna High Court Rules against the order dated 15.01.2024, rendered by the learned Single Judge in CWJC No.19779 of 2015, whereby the learned Single Judge has allowed the writ petition filed by the present opponent/original writ petitioner and thereby directed the present appellants to pay the arrears of salary of the petitioner with effect from 03.11.2007 to 10.02.2012 within the stipulated time.

2. The brief facts leading to filing of the present appeal are as under:

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