1 CA No.3294/10 mpt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO.3294 of 2010 IN FIRST APPEAL ST.NO.21888 of 2010 Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation ... Applicant versus (i) Aarti Vijay Chavan (ii)Guruprasad Vijay Chavan (iii)Vibhavari Vijay Chavan (iv)Kanchan V. Chavan (v)Maruti Subhanrao Nikam (vi)Sandeep Yeshwant Pawaskar ... Respondent ... Ms.Aparna Muralidharan for the applicant CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J DATED : 14th January 2011. P.C. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant. None present for the respondent. 2. This is an application for condonation of delay in filing of an appeal against the order passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal. 2 CA No.3294/10 Learned counsel for the applicant submits that accident took place in the district of Ratnagiri. An award was passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal at Ratnagiri. Head office of the applicant is in Mumbai. Papers were required to be transmitted from Ratnagiri to Mumbai and that has resulted into delay. 3. The applicant Corporation runs a transport service throughout the State of Maharashtra. Accidents occur all over Maharashtra. If the reason given in the application is accepted as sufficient it would mean that in every case where an accident takes place outside Mumbai, there would be sufficient cause for not filing of an appeal in time. Such situation cannot be allowed. The applicant must take appropriate steps and establish appropriate channels of communication to ensure that the appeals are filed in time. Therefore, while condoning the delay, exemplary costs are required to be imposed on the applicant so that such delays would not recur. 4. Application is allowed subject to payment of costs of Rs.15,000/­ as a condition precedent. Costs shall be deposited with the Registry within four weeks. Liberty to the respondents to withdraw the amount of costs. If the costs are not deposited within four weeks, the delay condonation application shall stand dismissed. (D.G.KARNIK, J)