ca14691.10 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 14691 OF 2010 IN/WITH FIRST APPEAL (ST.) NO. 25739 OF 2010 The State of Maharashtra ...Applicant Versus Shahuraj Sopan Jadhav ...Respondent ..... Mr. K.S. Patil, AGP for the applicant ..... CORAM: R.M. BORDE, J. DATED: 4TH AUGUST, 2011 PER COURT:- 1 This is an application seeking condonation of delay of 5519 days occurred in presenting the appeal. The Judgment and award of the Reference Court was passed on 25.4.1995. In the year 1997, the Law and Judiciary department adopted a Resolution in respect of presentation of appeals and communicated the decision to the Government Pleader of this Court. However, the appeal came to be presented only in the year 2010 i.e. after a lapse of about 15 years from the date of judgment. There are absolutely no reasons recorded in the application justifying such a huge delay of more than 15 years in ca14691.10 -2- presenting the appeal. The application is devoid of substance, hence stands rejected. 2 Consequently, the appeal presented by the State need not be registered. The applicant State is entitled to get refund of court fees in accordance with Rules. ( R.M. BORDE. J.) rlj/