1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR L.P.A.No.163 of 2006 in W.P. No.1968 of 2004 (Decided) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Office Notes, Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions : Court's or Judge's orders and Registrar's orders. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- CORAM : D.D.Sinha and A.B.Chaudhari, JJ. DATE : February 7, 2007. Heard Mr. Khan, Counsel for the Appellant. This Letters Patent Appeal is directed against the order passed by the learned Single Judge, dt. 19.1.2006. Considered the contentions canvassed by the respective counsel. Perused the impugned order. Perusal of the impugned order shows that the order passed by the Regional Commissioner, Nagpur was impugned before the learned Single Judge, which was passed on 3.9.2001 and even after giving opportunity to the petitioner therein to answer the claim, the petitioner did not avail of the opportunity and approached this Court after four years. The learned Single Judge, therefore, observed that the petitioner did not take any steps to approach this Court nor gave any justification or reason for the delay and therefore, the petition suffers from delay and laches. The time consumed by the 2 petitioner in approaching the Court, in our view, also is unreasonable, unjust and not properly explained and therefore, the conclusion arrived by the learned Single Judge appears to be just and proper. No case is made out for showing indulgence. Hence, the Letters Patent Appeal is dismissed. The learned counsel for the Appellant requests that the order may not be given effect to for a period of four weeks since the Letters Patent Appeal is dismissed on the count of delay and laches. The request is rejected. JUDGE JUDGE jaiswal