1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET No. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH AT NAGPUR C.A.F. NO. 230/2010 IN F.A. ST. NO. 17864/2009 (Prabhakar Kothiram Mandawakar & others VERSUS Divisional Manager, M.S.R.T.C.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's orders of directions and Registrar's orders - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Shri B.M. Kharkate, counsel for the applicants. CORAM : SMT. VASANTI A. NAIK, J. DATE : JUNE 8, 2010 . Heard the learned counsel for the applicants. None appears on behalf of the respondents. On hearing the learned counsel for the applicants and on perusal of the civil application, it appears that the inordinate delay on 2820 days in filing the first appeal is not satisfactorily explained by the applicant in the civil application. The applicants have merely stated in the application that they are rustic villagers and are unaware of the niceties of law and, therefore, they were not able to file the first appeal and there was delay of 2820 days in filing the appeal. It is also stated in the civil application that the applicants are poor and, therefore, there was delay in filing the appeal. The reasons stated in the application for belatedly filing the appeal after a period of more than 2820 days is not 2 satisfactorily explained by the applicants. The statements of facts made in the civil application do not show that there is sufficient cause for the applicants in belatedly approaching the Court after a lapse of nearly seven years. The judgments reported in AIR 1987 SC 1353 (Collector, Land Acquisition, Anantnag & another Versus Mst. Katiji & others) and 1992 Mh.L.J. 366 (Anusayabai Ramchandra Lande & others Versus Union of India & another) cannot be made applicable to the facts of the case. Since the inordinate delay of 2820 days is not satisfactorily explained by the applicants, the civil application is dismissed. JUDGE APTE