1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET No. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH AT NAGPUR C.A.F. NO. 881/2010 IN F.A. St. No. 18365/2009 (Smt. Satyabhamabai Pandurang Meshram & others VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's orders of directions and Registrar's orders - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Shri V.G. Bhamburkar, counsel for the applicants. Mrs. I.L. Bodade, Assistant Government Pleader for the R-1 to 3. Ms. A.S. Athalye h/f Shri M.M. Agnihotri, counsel for the R-2.. CORAM : SMT. VASANTI A. NAIK, J. DATE : SEPTEMBER 21 , 2010 . Heard the learned counsel for the parties. The learned counsel for the respondent no.2 strongly opposes the prayer made in the civil application on the ground that the delay is inordinate. However, the applicants have given sufficient cause for not filing the appeal within the prescribed period of limitation. It is stated in the application that the counsel of the applicants expired during the pendency of the reference and the result of the reference proceedings was not informed to the applicants by anybody for a long time. Hence, for the reasons stated in the civil application, the delay is condoned subject to the payment of costs of Rupees One Thousand in the High Court Legal Services Sub Committee, Nagpur within a period of four weeks. 2 The civil application is allowed in the aforesaid terms and disposed of. JUDGE APTE