1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. CIVIL APPLICATION NO.1614 OF 2008 IN FIRST APPEAL ST. NO.1838 OF 2008. ( STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & OTH. VS. RASULKHAN BUSHANKHA) _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Court's or Judge's orders ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Shri D.P. Kothari, A.G.P. for Appellant. CORAM : A.P.BHANGALE, J. DATED : JUNE 16, 2008. 1. Heard learned A.G.P. for appellant/ State. 2. The applicant is praying for condonation of delay of 583 days from the date of judgment i.e. 14.03.2006, passed by Second Adhoc Additional District Judge, Akola in Land Acquisition Case No.254/2002. It is contended on behalf of the applicants that after the impugned judgment and award was passed on 14.03.2006 the application for grant of certified copy was made on 16.03.2006 and the same was received on 28.03.2006. Thereafter opinion of Government Pleader, Akola was sought vide letter dated 04.04.2006, as also the opinion from Joint Secretary, Law & Judiciary Department for necessary sanction to the appeal which 2 was received on 22.02.2007. Thereafter the office of the Government Pleader, High Court, Nagpur asked for necessary papers for filing appeal from the Land Acquisition Officer, which were received on 08.03.2007. It is further contended that the appeal was allotted to the concerned Law Officer in March, 2007 for drafting it. 3. Be that as it may, the present application was filed on 21.01.2008, though it appears that it was ready on 04.04.2007. In these circumstances, the delay is not satisfactorily explained. Since the award attained finality long back on 14.03.2006 for want of appeal. I am not inclined to condone the delay of 583 days which is colossal. Hence, the application is rejected. JUDGE RR.