1 C.A. No. 16204.10 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET No. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD C.A NO. 16204 OF 2010 in F.A. (ST) NO. 32115 OF 2010 with C.A NO. 16205 OF 2010 in F.A. (ST) NO. 31804 OF 2010 with C.A NO. 16206 OF 2010 in F.A. (ST) NO. 31822 OF 2010 with C.A NO. 16207 OF 2010 in F.A. (ST) NO. 31815 OF 2010 with C.A NO. 16208 OF 2010 in F.A. (ST) NO. 31808 OF 2010 with C.A NO. 16209 OF 2010 in F.A. (ST) NO. 31819 OF 2010 with C.A NO. 16210OF 2010 in F.A. (ST) NO. 31825 OF 2010 Office Notes,Office Memoranda of Coram,appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders CORAM : S.V. GANGAPURWALA, J. DATED : 1st April, 2011 PER COURT : 1. Heard. 2. These are the applications for condonation of delay of about 838 days in 2 C.A. No. 16204.10 filing the appeals. The land of the present applicants came to be acquired. The applicants are rustic persons residing in rural village. It is stated that after the Award is passed the present applicants tried to gather the amount for filing the present appeals. It is submitted that there is no source of come. Shri Patil, learned counsel for the applicants submit that after receiving the amount they have filed the appeals immediately. Some time was lost in obtaining certified copies. Learned counsel submits that the expression “sufficient cause” should be liberally construed. 3. Mrs. Gangawal, learned counsel for the non-applicants submits that the applicants have not stated any ground for condoning the delay. There is no sufficient cause mentioned and poverty cannot be ground for delay. 4. Taking into account the reasons stated, more particularly that the applicants 3 C.A. No. 16204.10 are the rustic persons residing in remote rural village and are not aware of the procedure and also taking into account the source of their livelihood that has been acquired, so also taking into account the statement made by the learned counsel on instruction of the applicants that the applicants would waive statutory interest of the delayed period, I am inclined to allow the applications. The delay in filing the appeals is condoned with a rider that the applicants would not be entitled to statutory interest of the delayed period, if the amount of compensation is enhanced by this Court. 5. All the Civil Applications stand disposed of. ( S.V. GANGAPURWALA, J. ) SDM*