(1.) This Civil Application seeking condonation of delay of 642 days in filing the Letters Patent Appeal is at the instance of the original appellant whose Civil Application No. 1 of 2018 seeking leave to appeal came to be allowed by this Court vide order dtd. 27/8/2018.
(2.) As the other side has opposed the present application tooth and nail, it is necessary for us to state few facts giving rise to the present litigation:
(3.) Mr. Asim Pandya, the learned senior counsel appearing for the other side, while opposing the present application, broadly submitted as under: