1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 2039 OF 2010 IN FIRST APPEAL STAMP NO. 29144 OF 2009 The Executive Engineer, Lower Terna Project Divn. No. 2, Latur. .. Applicant Versus Mohammed Ali Isak Ali Inamdar and others .. Respondents WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 2041 OF 2010 IN FIRST APPEAL STAMP NO. 29138 OF 2009 The Executive Engineer, Lower Terna Project Divn. No. 2, Latur. .. Applicant Versus Garib Nawaz Roshan Ali Inamdar and another .. Respondents WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 2044 OF 2010 IN FIRST APPEAL STAMP NO. 28733 OF 2009 2 The Executive Engineer, Lower Terna Project Divn. No. 2, Latur. .. Applicant Versus Mozzam Ali Masoom Ali Inamdar and others .. Respondents Shri P. S. Patil, Advocate for the Applicant. Shri S. S. Halkude, Advocate for the Respondents. Shri P. P. More, Advocate for the Respondent/State. CORAM : S. V. GANGAPURWALA, J. DATE : 15TH OCTOBER, 2010. PER COURT : . These are the civil applications for condonation of delay of about 340 days caused in filing the first appeals against the award passed by the Reference Court U/Sec. 18 of the Land Acquisition Act. I have heard Shri P. S. Patil, learned counsel for the applicant and Shri Halkude and Shri More, learned counsels for the respondents. 2. I have perused the applications. The reasons for delay as submitted are that delay has been caused because of procedural intricacies. After the award was passed on 22nd September, 3 2008, the advocate of the applicant made representation to the applicant and thereafter the matter was sent for legal opinion. The permission was received by the applicant in the month of April 2009 and the present appeals were preferred thereafter. Some time was lapsed in getting sanction for the amount of Court fees. 3. Shri Halkude, learned counsel for the respondent vehemently opposes the applications on the ground that no sufficient cause has been stated and prayed for rejection of the applications. No affidavit in reply is filed denying the contents of present civil applications. The applicant is a corporation and due to procedural hazards the delay has taken place. The dates have been mentioned by the applicant of different stages. In the light of the same, the delay is condoned. The civil applications are allowed and disposed of. [S. V. GANGAPURWALA, J.] bsb/Oct. 10