1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR Civil Application No. 1465 of 2006 IN First Appeal St. No. 20017 of 2005 [State of Mah. & another Vs. Ganga Rannu Garve & ors.] Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Mrs. T.D. Khade, AGP for appellants. ----- CORAM : A.H. JOSHI AND A.R. JOSHI, JJ. DATE : 16th December, 2009. 1. This is an application for condonation of delay of six years and 244 days caused in filing of appeal challenging the Award passed by the Land Acquisition Officer. 2. Heard. 3. It appears that the compensation amount being very huge is the only cause for preferring the appeal. Appeal is, however, preferred only after the payment of Award is enforced and by now it is already made. 2 4. Learned Asstt. Govt. Pleader for appellants prays for condonation of delay by explaining that the time lost, as stated in the application, was spent, rather whiled away, for six years and more than 200 days since 1999 till filing in exchanging correspondence. 5. Normally, when Govt. is required to pay a huge amount towards compensation, the decision should have been punctually taken. 6. The delay is, thus, not explained properly and the explanation offered is far from satisfactory. 7. This Court, therefore, declines to condone the delay. Application is rejected accordingly. 8. This Court, however, observes that dismissal of First Appeal St. No. 20017 of 2005 shall not come in the way of appellants-State in the process of hearing of other appeals which are said to have been filed pursuant to the same Award. Judge Judge |Hedau| 3