.^^.'A \d ^l^ c- HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR DIVISION BENCH CORAM: HON'BLE SHRI RAJEEV GUPTA, CJ. & HON'BLE SHRS SUNIL KUMAR SINHA, J. M.A. (0 (PR) No. 1708 of2007 w A rc- ^ 4 4^/^ ^ APPELLANTS 1 Seikh Md. Farhad, S/o M.S.A. CLAIMANTS Rahman, Aged about 45 years, 2. Seikh Md. Saadab, S/o Seikh Md. Farhad, Aged about 9 years, Minor through natural Guardian Father Md. Farhad Both are R/o Hazi Manzil, Adarsh Nagar, Charouda, Tahsil Patan, District Durg (C.G.) RESPONDENTS NON-APPLICANTS Versus C. Chandrasekhar, S/o C. Kalidas, R/o Panchseel Nagar, B.M.Y. Charouda, Tahsil - Patan, District Durg (C.G.) The New India Insurance Company Limited, Divisional Office - R.D.A. Building, Bajrang Market, Raipur Appeal Under Sectlon 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act Present: Shri Sunil Sahu, iearned counsel for the appellants. ORDER (1st IVIay, 2008) The following order of the Court was passed by Rajeev Gupta, CJ. BIBHUTI PRASAD Digitally signed by BIBHUTI PRASAD Date: 2025.02.04 11:08:15 +0530 ^ This matter is listed today for orders on the appellants' default in not filing an appropriate application for condonation of deiay in filing the appeal. 2. The appeal filed by the appellants/daimants for enhancement of the compensation on 14-06-2007 is reported to be time-barred by as many as 41 days. 3. No application for condonation of delay jn filing the appeal was filed along with the appeal. In fact, no such application has been filed till date though a period of about one year has elapsed since filing of the appeal and inspite of grant of opportunities by the AddiSionat Registrar (Judicial) in that behalf. 4. In this view of the matter, we do not find any justification in the prayer of learned counsel for the appellants for grant of further time for filing an application for condonation of delay in filing the appeal. Hence, the prayer made by learned counsel for the appellants in that behalf is rejected. 5. As the appeliants have miserably failed in showing any cause much less sufficient cause for the delay in filing the appeal, we are left with no other option, but to dismiss the appeal as time-barred. 6. The appeal, therefore, is djsmissed as time-barred. Sd/- Chief Justice subbu Sd/- Sunil Kumar Sinha Judge