1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO.3769 OF 2010 IN CROSS OBJECTION STAMP NO.22954 OF 2010 IN FIRST APPEAL NO.475 OF 1997 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders. Mr.Rajeev Patil i/b S.S.Punde for the applicants. Ms.V.S.Mhaispurkar AGP for the State. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATED : 30/11/2010 PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. By this civil application the applicants have prayed for condonation of delay caused in preferring cross objections stamp no.22954 of 2010 in first appeal no.475 of 1997. There is a long delay in filing this application. Mr.Patil, learned counsel for the applicants has placed reliance upon the judgment of this court in Jana Rama Chimane & Ors. Vs. The State of Maharashtra (Civil Application No. 4588 of 2006 in First Appeal No.1081 of S 2 1991) and submitted that the delay in filing the cross objections deserve to be condoned. Learned AGP, fairly submitted that if the issue of interest to be paid, if the cross objections are allowed, from the date of the order of reference court till the cross objections were actually filed in this court is kept open she has no objection for allowing this civil application. In the circumstances this civil application is allowed. The issue as to whether the applicants are entitled for interest, if the compensation is enhanced, on the enhanced amount from the date of order of the reference court till the cross objections were filed in this court, is kept open. All contentions of the parties in this regard are kept open to be agitated at the time of hearing of the first appeal and the cross objections. (D.B.BHOSALE, J.)