IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL No.1276 of 2011 Between: Khareedu Ranga Rao ..... APPELLANT AND The Union of India, rep.by its General Manager, South Central Railway, Secunderabad .....RESPONDENT The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL No.1276 of 2011 JUDGMENT: The appellant has impugned the order dated 01.06.2011 passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Secunderabad Bench, Secunderabad in M.A.No.53/2010 in DDR No.100/2010, vide which, the original application ﬁled by the appellant was dismissed on the ground of delay. Heard the learned counsel for the appellant. The appellant while traveling in a train was injured on 03.12.1997, whereas he ﬁled the original application before the Railway Claims Tribunal on 07.05.2010, and thus, there was delay of 4172 days in filing the original application. The Railway Claims Tribunal, after going through the application ﬁled by the appellant herein to condone the delay, found that no plausible explanation has been given by the appellant herein to condone such inordinate delay. The learned counsel for the appellant submits that the appellant suﬀered serious injuries in the train accident and being a poor person was unable to ﬁle the claim petition within the stipulated period. The appellant has ﬁled the original application with delay of 4172 days i.e. after more than 11 years of the accident. Even if the appellant had suﬀered serious injuries, still there is no ground to condone such inordinate delay for seeking compensation. In view of the above, I ﬁnd no merit in this appeal, and the same is accordingly dismissed. ______________________ ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA,J Dated: 21.11.2011 Dsr