remove erroneous assertion check

closes py-pdf#1559 This is due to a bad interpretation of text at bottom of page 108 of pdf 1.7 reference
pubpub-zz · Jan 18, 2023 · 0b01b7f · 0b01b7f
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diff --git a/pypdf/_reader.py b/pypdf/_reader.py
@@ -1904,7 +1904,7 @@ def _read_xref_subsections(
         last_end = 0
         for start, size in self._pairs(idx_pairs):
             # The subsections must increase
-            assert start >= last_end
+            # assert start >= last_end
             last_end = start + size
             for num in range(start, start + size):
                 # The first entry is the type