(1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, AURANGABAD BENCH, AT AURANGABAD. Civil Application No. 9161 of 2010 (In Civil Application Stamp No. 18108/2010) (In Writ Petition No. 2442 of 1994) Babulal Mishrilal Jaiswal, deceased through L.Rs., Ganeshlal s/o. Babulal Jaiswal & others. .. Applicants. versus The State of Maharashtra, Through its Secretary, Home Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai-32, and another. .. Respondents. ....................... Mr. S.B. Talekar, Advocate, for the applicants. Mr. D.R. Korde, Assistant Government Pleader, for respondent nos.1 and 2. ........................ CORAM : B.P. DHARMADHIKARI, J. DATE : 28TH MARCH 2011 (2) COURT'S ORDER : 1. Heard Adv. Mr. S.B. Talekar, for the applicants who are legal heirs of deceased petitioner, and learned AGP Mr. D.R. Korde, for the respondents. 2. The legal heirs of deceased petitioner are seeking condonation of delay of 1472 days and leave to come on record. It is contended that they were not aware of the pendency of the Writ Petition and hence steps could not be taken immediately. 3. Learned AGP Mr. Korde, appearing for respondents, is opposing the request. He points out that the allegations in the application are extremely vague. 4. Perusal of the petition shows that dispute pertains to CL-III license and this court has while issue Rule, granted interim relief. 5. The petitioner expired on 17-6-2006 and application seeking condonation of delay has been filed on 29-6-2010 i.e. almost after four years. 6. However, in this situation, it cannot be said that there (3) are any mala fides in the matter. Hence subject to payment of costs of Rs. 5,000/- [Rupees five thousand] by the applicants to respondent no.2 / Collector, Aurangabad, within a period of four weeks from today, delay of 1472 days in filing the application for bringing legal representatives on record is condoned. 7. Civil Application is allowed accordingly. ( B.P. DHARMADHIKARI ) JUDGE ......................... bgp/ca9161