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However, the AG office Haryana found the case as ‘merit-less’ and ‘unfit’ for appeal because of delay of 146 days. “The tendency of the officials of state to file appeals in a merit-less case despite settled legal proposition is an issue which requires consideration. Despite opinion of the AG, the department preferred to file an appeal. Both officers have been asked to appear in person on Tuesday to explain their position on the issue.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Krishan Murari and Justice Arun Palli passed these orders while hearing an appeal filed by the department challenging the November 22, 2017, orders passed by a single bench of the HC. CHANDIGARH: Upset over the tendency of filing appeals by official of Haryana government in the cases termed as ‘merit-less’ by the advocate general (AG) office, the Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the top legal officer of the state, legal remembrancer (LR), to appear before the court.HC also asked the engineer-in-chief of the department of public health and engineering, which had filed the appeal against a single bench order despite the fact that the AG officer had termed the case as ‘not fit’ for appeal..