spb/- 1 ca4458-03.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE SIDE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 4458 OF 2003 IN FIRST APPEAL (ST.) NO. 35093 OF 2003 The New India Assurance Co. Ltd., ... Applicant/Appellant. V/s. Smt. Sujata Deepak Shinde & Ors. ... Respondents. --- Mr. Krupa Shah i/by Singhania & Co. for the Applicant. Mr. A.S.Bokefode i/by Vinod Jadhav the Respondent Nos. 3 and 4. ----- CORAM : D. G. KARNIK, J. DATE : 24th JANUARY, 2011. P.C. 1 This is an application for condonation of delay of 275 days in filing of an appeal. The only cause given in paragraph 4 of the civil application reads thus : “4. That due to Departmental procedure of the Appellant Company and interim rules and regulations there was a delay in taking decision with regard to filing this present Appeal and further that the certified copy of Judgement and Award was misplaced and every efforts to trace out the original certified copy of judgement and award was in vain.” spb/- 2 ca4458-03.sxw What was the departmental procedure that caused delay in filing of the appeal is not mentioned. When certified copy was applied and received, when it was mis-placed and what efforts were made to find out the same and when the certified copy was received again, are not mentioned in the application. A mere bald statement that because of internal procedure and loss of certified copy there has been the delay cannot be accepted when there is no material substantiating the averments. 2 In the circumstances, the civil application for condonation of delay is rejected. [D.G. KARNIK, J.]