1 wp-6303-6343-09 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE SIDE JURISDICTION W.P. NO. 6303 OF 2009 ALONG WITH W.P.NOS. 6304 OF 2009 TO 6343 OF 2009 Balaso Raghu Khot ..Petitioner Vs. Kolhapur Zilla Shetkari Sahakari Soot Girni Maryadit, Dist.Kolhapur and Anr. ...Respondents ... Mr.Bhavesh Parmar Adv. for Petitioners in all 40 petitions ... CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J. DATE : SEPTEMBER 09, 2009 P.C.: 1. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioners. 2. The petitioners have impugned the order dated 31.1.2005. These petitions have been filed on 15.7.2009 i.e. after more than four and half years. Only reason found for the delay is in paragraph 10 of the petitions. 3. The learned counsel for the Petitioners submitted that the impugned 2 wp-6303-6343-09 order has already been challenged before this Court in Writ Petition No. 4307 of 2005 wherein Rule was granted and it was only thereafter, that the Petitioners came to know about the matter pending before this Court and they approached this Court. However, it is seen that even that order is dated 24th March, 2006 and more than three years have elapsed since that order. He has further submitted that he is not pressing for any interim relief at this stage. Even if the petitioners are not pressing for any interim relief at this stage, looking to the inordinate delay in filing these petitions, I am not inclined to entertain the petitions as in my opinion, sufficient reasons have not been made out for the delay and only on the ground of delay, these petitions deserve to be dismissed and accordingly, they are dismissed. [ SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.]