* 1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 1608 OF 2009 IN APPEAL NO. 379 OF 1997 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 2416 OF 1993 Ganesh Kishabrao Kople .......Petitioner V/s. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ......Respondents ======= Petitioner present in person. Ms.Palsule Desai, adv.for respondents. CORAM : J.N.PATEL, & : SMT.R.P.SONDURBALDOTA, JJ. DATED : 22ND JULY, 2009. P.C. : 1. Heard the petitioner in person and also the learned counsel for the respondent at length. 2. We have gone through the affidavit-in-support of the Notice of Motion. The reasons stated in the affidavit-in-support of the Notice of Motion for condonation of delay, which is a period of 1268 days, which are in the nature that the petitioner not * 2 * keeping well, his family members are aged and that the petitioner has been persecuted by the respondents and that his Advocate Mr.Bandiwadekar did not inform him and the appeal came to be dismissed in default at the stage of admission. When it was listed for admission, he came to know about the dismissal of the appeal few days before the filing of the Notice of Motion, wherein the petitioner has sought condonation of delay in filing the application. The petitioner has also made specific averment to the effect that all these years various advocates, some of whom, have now been elevated as Judges of the High Court, have been assisting the petitioner who is a social worker and activist. 3. We find that the reasons stated in the affidavit-in-support of the Notice of Motion cannot be said to be good and sufficient reasons to condone the delay of 1268 days. Therefore, we are not inclined to condone the delay. Hence the Notice of Motion is dismissed. [J.N.PATEL, J] [ SMT.R.P.SONDURBALDOTA, J]