STATE OF U P Vs. PHOTA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) N. N. Mithal, J. These four appeals have been filed by the State of U. P. u/ S. 54 of the Land Acquisition Act read with S. 96, C. P. C.

(2.) ALL these appeals are against a common judgment of the court below by which four references u/ S. 18, Land Acquisition Act, which had been consolidated, were disposed of raising the compensation for the acquired land to Rs. 30/- per sq. yard.

(3.) MERITS of the case later. First we will try to examine as to on what considerations should the court decide an application u/ S. 5 Limitation Act. The law had been quite severe and stringent some time ago and the established view was that the delay must be explained day by day. The view taken by this Court in AIR 1976 ALLAHABAD 159 was that not only should the applicant show sufficient cause for the delay but must also explain the whole period of delay, day by day. In 1981 All LJ 176 the same view was reiterated that each day's delay must be explained.