The Appellant instituted an application in the High Court of Tanzania at Moshi seeking to be granted extension of time to file an application for orders of certiorari and mandamus against the Respondents; the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs and Hon. Attorney General. The main complaint by the Appellant emanates from the procedure which was applied by the learned High Court judge in the course of hearing the application. The Respondent argued that, even if the period spent by the Appellant in prosecuting Misc. Civil Application No. 33 of 2016 is to be taken into account, the period from the date on which that application was struck out to the date of filing the application for extension of time in the High Court was not accounted for.