Dr. Alok Kumar vs Ranchi Municipal Corporation
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Jharkhand High Court

Dr. Alok Kumar vs Ranchi Municipal Corporation on 23 June, 2025

Author: Rajesh Shankar

Bench: Rajesh Shankar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
            L.P.A. No. 341 of 2024
Dr. Alok Kumar                               ...   ...    Appellant
                       Versus
Ranchi Municipal Corporation, Ranchi and others
                                   ...      ...   Respondents
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CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR

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For the Appellant:     Mr. In Person
For the Resp/ RMC:     Mr. Prashant Kumar Singh, Advocate
For the State:         Mr. Rakesh Kumar Shahi, AC to SC ( L&C)-I
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06/Dated: 23.6.2025

I.A. No. 12082 of 2024

1. The instant interlocutory application has been filed to condone the

delay of 22 days in filing this appeal challenging the judgment

dt.23.4.2024 of the learned Single Judge in W.P.(C) No. 6003 of

2016.

2. Though the respondents have opposed the condonation of delay,

since the delay is not inordinate and sufficient cause has been

given by the party in person for not filing the appeal within time,

this application is allowed and the delay in filing the appeal is

condoned.

3. Admit the appeal.

4. Counter affidavit shall be filed by the 1st respondent to the pleading

of the appellant in the writ petition, since no counter affidavit was

filed before the learned single Judge, and since the petitioner had

made application for approval of this building plan for commercial

complex in 2013 which came to be rejected on 14.7.2016, almost

three years later on the basis that a new master plan had come

into effect on 29.11.2015. The 1st respondent has not explained its

conduct of not doing anything from the date of receipt of the

application from the petitioner till 29.11.2015, which shall be

explained in the counter affidavit. List on 18.8.2025 for filing

counter affidavit

(M.S. Ramachandra Rao, C.J.)

(Rajesh Shankar, J.) Sharda/-

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