(1) LPA-76.2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 76 OF 2011 IN WRIT PETITION NO.3505 OF 2010 Jagannath S/o Kashinath Dongare APPELLANT VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and anr. RESPONDENTS ..... Mr. C.R. Thorat, Advocate for the Appellant. Mr. N.B. Patil, A.G.P. for the Respondent-State. ..... CORAM : SMT. NISHITA MHATRE & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 18TH JULY, 2011 ORAL ORDER: 1. The Appeal has been preferred against the order of the learned Single Judge dated 20.10.2010. By the impugned order, the learned Single Judge has dismissed the Petition on the ground that the order passed by the Minister for Food and Civil Supply i.e. the revisional authority under the Essential Commodities Act, has passed a reasoned order condoning the delay. It appears from the impugned order that the learned Single Judge has observed that there was no application for condoning the delay and as such, it was not desirable to condone the delay (2) LPA-76.2011 under such circumstances. We have perused the order passed in revision and it reflects that an application for condoning the delay in preferring the revision was indeed filed before the competent authority. However, the revisional authority has refused to condone the delay only on the ground that the application for a certified copy of the order against which the revision was filed had not been placed before it. 2. Considering the circumstances in this case, in our opinion, the delay ought to be condoned. However, this would not reflect on the merits of the petitioner's case in revision. Accordingly, the Appeal is disposed of with the following order:- I. The delay in preferring the Revision Application is condoned. II. The Revisonal authority shall decide the Revision in accordance with law on merits. Sd/- Sd/- [M.T. JOSHI, J.] [SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J.] arp/