1 Bsb IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 820 OF 2009 IN FIRST APPEAL (ST) NO. 2458 OF 2009 1. Balkrishna Gopal Mehendale (since deceased, through legal heir) 1a) Shri Madhav Balkrishna Mehendale & ors. ... Applicants. v/s The State of Maharashtra & ors. ... Respondents Mr.K.S.Dewal for the applicants. Nobody present for the respondents. CORAM: SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J. DATED: 31ST JULY, 2009 P.C.: 1. The civil application has been filed for condoning the delay in filing the appeal. The delay is of 28 years and 207 days’. The only reason given by the applicant for condoning the delay is that the applicant was not aware of the matter since he was working in a bank and staying away from the suit 2 premises. He has also stated in the application that the 1st appellant had died in the year 1980 after suffering from paralysis for almost four years. It was only after the applicant received advice from his family that he thought of filing the present appeal. The compensation for which the appeal is being filed is of Rs.11,983/-. 2. In my opinion, the reasons given for condoning the delay are neither sufficient nor good reasons. The mere fact that one of the appellants had suffered a paralytic stroke and had consequently died, would not obstruct the present applicant from pursuing the matter in time. The fact that the applicant was working in a bank, again would not be any reason for him not to agitate his rights for more than 28 years. 3. In view of this, civil application stands dismissed. 4. In view of the dismissal of this civil application, the first appeal and other civil applications being Civil Applications Nos.821 of 2009, 2896 of 2009 and 2897 of 2009 are also dismissed. 3