( 1 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 3268 OF 2009 IN FIRST APPEAL (ST.) NO. 4643 OF 2009 M/s National Insurance Co. Ltd. APPLICANT VERSUS Jivan Prabhakar Bari & others RESPONDENTS ..... Mr. V.N. Upadhye, advocate for the applicant. Mr. A.I. Deshmukh, advocate for respondents No. 1 to 5. ..... [CORAM : S.V. GANGAPURWALA, J.] [DATE : 1st April, 2010] PER COURT : 1. Heard learned counsel for the respective parties. 2. This is an application for condonation of delay of 27 days in filing the first appeal. The said civil application is opposed by the respondents. The learned counsel for the respondents relied on the judgement of this Court in case of “Kamalbai w/o Narasaiyya Shrimal and another v. Ganpat s/o Vithalrao Gavare” 2007 (1) Mh.L.J. 808. ( 2 ) 3. The perusal of the civil application shows that some time was required for forwarding the proposal to the Regional Office and with their opinion, the file was forwarded to the Divisional Office at Aurangabad for filing appeal and for some intervening period, the Company at Aurangabad faced shortage of funds. Taking into account the circumstances of the case, with an additional reason that some time was required for the opinion to be despatched from the Regional Office to the Divisional Office and for preparing the appeal, the civil application is allowed and the delay is condoned, with no order as to costs. [ S.V. GANGAPURWALA ] JUDGE NPJ/ca3268-09