v> HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH:Bli..ASPUR SingleBench: Hon'bleShri Dilip Raosaheb Deshmukh, J. ApDellant Applicant M.A.C.No.107oT2007 Malkit Singh, S/o Late Sampuran Singh, aged about 52 yeare, R/o Baba Budhaji Nagar, Nagpur (Manarashtra) Versus Respondents Non-apDlicahts 1. Latei 2. 3. 4; 5. Smt Arundhati Devi, W/o Vindeshwari @ Vindeshwar Smt Kaveri Bai, W/o Shankar Prasad Gauraha, Sharikar Prasad Gauraha, S Kedarnath, Respondents No.ljto 3 R/o Brahmin Para, Champa, ] Distt. Janjgir- Champa(CG) / Rajendra Singh, S/o Balbir Singh, R/o Bombay M.P. Roadlines, Raipur (CG) '. :' :,' : . 1 :: ;;;:".i Natiohal Insurance Gomgany Limited, Branch Office Dhanto, Nagpur(Maharashtra) Appeal underSection 173oftliieMot6rVehiclesAct. 1988 Present: ShrilVI.P.S.Bhatia,counse]fQrtheappellant. | Shri PankajShrivastaya,cQunselforrespondentsNo.2&3 ; Shri Sri KumarAgrawal.SeniorAdvocatewith ShriAnand Gupta, l counsel for the respondent No.5. None appears for respondent No.1 thoyghserved. None appears for respondent No.4. ORALORDER (Passed on 19.08.2008) Heardon I.A.No.2 filed on behalf of respondent No.5 for documentsi.e. order passed in M.J.C.No.53/2005 and the order bythis Court on 14.02.20080n record. passed 2. I.A.No.2 isallowedandthe documentsaretakenonrecbrd. 3. Heard on M.C.P.No.168/2007 for condonatiori delay of 30)5 days in filing the appeal. '•:s!: ^.Fi:: .ILit.:-.—_^ ..^Lc.. ?;SKS8BSBi !iH8i— ih 4. It is not,disputethatinGlaiml^e-No. 21/1994, theAddition^ WK., ± McrtorAccidentsClaimsTribunal^Janjgirhadpassedan^exparteawa^ againsttheappellanton 1.8.1998.^ isalsonoti dispu^ appellaht/pwnej-wassgrvedwithanoticeofthetslaimscase. ;.j 5. The appellant was pursuing Ihe rerBedy uhdeRtircleriS'Rule 13 read with Sec^on 151 of^e C.P.C^byflling M..J.G.^beb^ from 13.11,2003 tos; 26.08.200e andiFiprefemr^a ^^a^ (MANo.994/2006) against the rejection of the MJ.C. between 12.09.2006to 21.11.2006. i 6. The application (M.C.P.NO.168/2007) fcr condonation of delay statesin paragraph2 asunaer , "2. That,the Hon'ble High Gourt vras ple^sedto^p^^ order dated 21.11.2006 in MA.N6.994/200e by which the Appellant was granted liberty to challenge the impugned Award andfile presenf Misc. Appeal. That,thoughttiereisal6ng;de|ayofabout3p00days. butthesameisonnafuralgroundsastheresponclent; No.5 had given (alse assurancesjto the appellaint. ; Later 6n the appellant had filed a writ petition and ! thereafter another M.A. was^ filed by Appellant in wbich the atioveJibertywasgiarited.T^erefo aforesaid delay in filing tRe appeal may be cOndoned because it is bona-fide." 7. Shri M.P.S.Bhatia, iearried counsel for the gip|:>e|lant placect relianceonAnnexureA/4whiehisaletterwritten6ytheapp611anttathe insurer. The same is peTused. \ ' i 8. Having heard the submissiorT of the learned counsel f(?r4hie parties, lam ofthe Gonsidered opmipn thatthjs appliciation^Has no mei|it because evenif the period spentin pursuing MJ.G^ from 13.11.200316 26.08.2006 and in pursujn^ IVI.A.No.994/2006 from 12.0i9.2(X)6 fo 21.11.2006 is excluded, the^ appeal is hopelessly barred by |limitatioili. The ground mentioned.in paragraph 2 6f the appliGafion does inot •IB; r^- \:^.- 2S^?SSB>T^"'T;» .0- -113'- disclose any grpund fbr the inordinate delay in not preferring fhe appeal withinlimitationfromthedateoftheawardi.e. 1.8.1998. l 9. M.C.P.No.168/2007 fbr condonationof delay in filing theappeal desen/es to be and is aecordingly dismissed. As a Consequence, this appeal is dismissedas barred by limitation. M.C.P.No.169/2007 for grantofstayisalsodismissed; i—~ Sd/- Dilip Raosaheb Deshmukh Judge •s. K;