1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, AURANGABAD BENCH, AURANGABAD CIVIL APPLICATION NO.1650 OF 2009 IN FIRST APPEAL ST. NO. 25488 OF 2007 Sanjay Kisan Thete & others .... Applicants VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & another .... Respondents ..... Shri D.R. Jayabhar, advocate for applicants Shri D.V. Tele, AGP for Respndent No. 1 Shri V.S. Badakh, advocate h/f for G.B. Rajale, advocate for respondent No. 2 ..... CORAM : SHRIHARI P.DAVARE, J. DATED : 09th December, 2009 PER COURT : 1 Rule. Rule made absolute. By consent of learned counsel for the parties taken up for final hearing. 2 Perused. Heard learned counsel for the applicant. 2 3 The applicant has preferred the present application for condonation of delay of 673 days caused in filing the accompanying First Appeal, challenging the judgment and award dated 15-11-2006 passed by learned Adhoc District Judge, Beed in L.A.R. No. 580 of 2001. 4 Learned counsel for the respondent opposed the present application vehemently and submitted that the present application bears no substance and is devoid of any merit and same be rejected. 5 On perusal of the averments in the present application and after considering the rival contentions advanced by the parties, it appears that the applicant has explained the reasons for delay caused in filing the accompanying First Appeal in para nos. 3 & 4 thereof satisfactorily. Moreover, the said delay occurred in filing the accompanying First Appeal is not deliberate, willful or intentional and, therefore, same is required to be condoned in the interest of justice. 6 In the result, present application is allowed in terms of prayer clause‘’B” thereof and delay of 673 days caused in filing the accompanying First Appeal stands condoned. Accompanying 3 First Appeal be registered and numbered and present application stands disposed of. 7 Rule made absolute in above terms. (SHRIHARI P. DAVARE, J.) SDM* CA1650.09