7. He further relied upon a Judgment (Kiran Stngh &Anr. v. Chaman Paswan and others] and submitted that at any stage even at the stage of the execution and even in collateral proceedings, If the point of invalidity is set up by the parties where a court has passed an decree without Jurisdiction and became nullity and thereby the same is of no effect.
He further submitted that the delay should be condoned by this Hon'ble Court and the petitioner should not be penalised from the lapse on the part of its officers and legal advisors. In support of his submissions he relied upon the Judgments (Collector. Land Acquisition, Anantnag & Ors.v. Mst. Katijl &. Ors.) and 1990(2) CLJ 73 (State of West Bengal v. West Bengal Judicial Service Association).