1 CAF No.3689/10 mpt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO.3689 of 2010 IN FIRST APPEAL St.No.24463 of 2010 The New India Assurance Co.Ltd. ... Applicant versus (i) Rajinder Pushpinder Sharma (ii)Shri Rahul Hari Shedbale ... Respondents ... Mr. D.S. Joshi for the applicant. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J DATED : 27th January 2011. P.C. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant. None present for the respondents though served. 2. This is an application for condonation of delay of 575 days in filing of an appeal. In my view, the delay is not satisfactorily explained. The details given in the application are scanty and they do not explain the delay satisfactorily. 3. The award was passed on 12 November 2008 and the appeal has been filed on 7 September 2010 i.e after 22 months of the passing of 2 CAF No.3689/10 the award. In the application, it is stated that application for certified copy was made on 17 December 2008 i.e after one month and and 5 days of the award. No explanation has been offered why the application was made so late. The certified copy was received on 6 January 2009. The delay between 6 January 2009 to 7 September 2009 is sought to be explained saying that cause of administrative reasons and sending of the papers from the branch to the Mumbai Regional office has resulted into delay. If the statute provides for a period of limitation of 90 days, all administrative procedure must be completed before the expiry of 90 days and certainly it cannot take more than a year to complete the administrative procedure for filing of an appeal. If the applicant requires more than one year to take administrative sanctions for filing of an appeal, there is something grossly wrong in the administration of the applicant company which it needs to improve. I notice that in almost every appeal which has been filed by this Insurance Company, there is a delay of several months and similar vague reasons of time required to administrative sanction or transmission of papers to Mumbai is given as a ground of delay. On vague averments, the delay is of years cannot be condoned. Civil Application is accordingly rejected. (D.G.KARNIK, J)