Star Cement Ltd v. The Union of India and 4 Ors

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1.THEoUNIONoOFoINDIAoANDo4oORSo REPRESENTEDoBYoTHEoSECRETARYoTOoTHEoGOVT.oOFoINDIA,oMINISTRYo OFoCOMMERCEoandoINDUSTRY,oDEPARTMENToOFoINDUSTRIALoPOLICYo ANDoPROMOTION,oUDYOGoBHAWAN,oNEWoDELHI 2:THEoDEPUTYoSECRETARY oDEPARTMENToOFoINDUSTRIESoANDoCOMMERCE oDISPURoGHY-6 3:THEoSTATEoOFoASSAM oREPRESENTEDoBYoTHEoCOMMISSIONERoandoSECRETARYoTOoTHEoGOVT.o OFoASSAM,oDEPARTMENToOFoINDUSTRIESoANDoCOMMERCE oDISPUR,oGHY-6 4:THEoCHAIRMAN oNORTHoEASTERNoDEVELOPMENToFINANCEoCORPORATIONoLTD.oNEDFIo HOUSE,oG.S.oROADoDISPURoGHY-6oASSAM 5:GENERALoMANAGER oDISTRICToINDUSTRIESoANDoCOMMERCEoCENTRE oBAMUNIMAIDANoKAMRUPoGHY.oASSAo Page No.# 2/3 For the Applicant(s) : Dr. Ashok Saraf, Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. N.N. Dutta, Advocate. For the Respondent(s) : Mr. B. Chakravarty, Central Government Counsel for respondent No.1.

: Mr. A. Kalita, Standing Counsel, Industries and Commerce for respondent Nos.2, 3 & 5.

: Mr. G. Das, Advocate for respondent No.4. – BEFORE – HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. VIJAY BISHNOI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE N. UNNI KRISHNAN NAIR

11.11.2024 (Vijay Bishnoi, CJ)

Notice issued to the respondents has been duly served. Mr. B. Chakravarty, learned Central Government Counsel appears for respondent No.1; Mr. A. Kalita, learned Standing Counsel, Industries and Commerce appears for respondent Nos.2, 3 and 5 and Mr. G. Das, learned counsel appears for respondent No.4. The matter comes upon for consideration of the instant Interlocutory Application filed on behalf of the applicant under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 with a prayer to condone the delay of 53 days occasioned in filing the connected writ appeal. Learned counsel appearing for the respondents have not seriously opposed the application. Having heard the learned counsel appearing for the parties and after going through the contents of the application, we deem it appropriate to condone the delay of 53 days occasioned in filing the connected writ appeal. Hence, the application is allowed and the delay of 53 days in filing the connected writ appeal is condoned. Registry is directed to register the connected writ appeal and list the same for Page No.# 3/3 admission after 3(three) weeks. The application is accordingly disposed of.

JUDGE CHIEF JUSTICE Comparing Assistant