N THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 4976 OF 2009 IN IRST APPEAL (ST) NO. 4894 OF 2008 The State of Maharashtra ........Applicant V/S. Harihari Ganesh Dhere .........Respondent ------- Smt. G.P. Mulekar, Government Pleader for the applicant-State. Mr. Mandar Limaye, adv.for respondent. CORAM : A.P. DESHPANDE, & : SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, JJ. DATED : 15 th MARCH, 2010. P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. By the present application, the applicant-State of Maharashtra is seeking condonation of delay of 170 days in filing the appeal against an Award passed by the reference court in land acquisition reference proceedings. The delay has been explained in paragraph-2 of the application. It is obvious that the delay is neither deliberate nor intentional, but, is caused on account of involvement of various agencies working under the State. 3. For the reasons stated in the application, the delay deserves to be condoned and we proceed to condone the same, however, subject to payment of costs of Rs.2,000/- by the applicant-State of Maharashtra to the respondent. The costs to be paid within a period of 2 weeks from today. 4. The Civil Application stands disposed off accordingly. (A.P. DESHPANDE, J) (SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J)