( 1 ) ca11986.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 11986 OF 2010 WITH FIRST APPEAL ST. NO. 22089 OF 2010 The State of Maharashtra & Anr. .. Applicants Versus Dashrath Madhav Jadhav .. Respondent WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 11987 OF 2010 IN FIRST APPEAL ST. NO. 22080 OF 2010 The State of Maharashtra & Anr. .. Applicants Versus Bapurao Narayanrao Kalyani .. Respondent WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 11988 OF 2010 IN FIRST APPEAL ST. NO. 22055 OF 2010 The State of Maharashtra & Anr. .. Applicants Versus Tatyarao Eknath Karandwad .. Respondent WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 11989 OF 2010 IN ( 2 ) ca11986.10 FIRST APPEAL ST. NO. 22086 OF 2010 The State of Maharashtra & Anr. .. Applicants Versus Vishwanath Shankar Jadhav .. Respondent WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 11990 OF 2010 IN FIRST APPEAL ST. NO. 22078 OF 2010 The State of Maharashtra & Anr. .. Applicants Versus Dattu Bapurao Irale & Ors. .. Respondents WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 11991 OF 2010 IN FIRST APPEAL ST. NO. 22084 OF 2010 The State of Maharashtra & Anr. .. Applicants Versus Venkat Manjal Sirsat .. Respondent WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 11992 OF 2010 IN FIRST APPEAL ST. NO. 22088 OF 2010 The State of Maharashtra & Anr. .. Applicants Versus Ganpati Madhav Jadhav .. Respondent ( 3 ) ca11986.10 WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 12003 OF 2010 IN FIRST APPEAL ST. NO. 22081 OF 2010 The State of Maharashtra & Anr. .. Applicants Versus Satish Bapurao Kalyani .. Respondent Mr. T.S. Lodhe, A.G.P. for the applicant/State. CORAM : R.M. BORDE, J. DATED : 01.08.2011 P.C. :- 1. These are the applications seeking condonation of delay of 1641 days occurred in presenting the appeals. The judgment and award was passed by the Reference Court on 28.10.2005. It is stated that the application for securing certified copy was presented on 14.11.2005 and the applicant received copy on the same day. The Law & Judiciary Department took some time for granting sanction for presentation of the appeals. The Law & Judiciary Department decided to pass resolution on 24.01.2006 and thereafter the decision was communicated to the Government. The Government ( 4 ) ca11986.10 Pleader, however, took four years for presenting the appeals and the appeals were presented on 31.07.2010. There is inordinate delay in presenting the appeals by the State. The occurrence of delay has not been properly explained by the State. There is no reason to condone such huge delay of 1641 days which occurred in presentation of the appeals. 2. Apart from this, on perusal of the judgment of the Reference Court, it transpires that the Reference Court has awarded compensation for the acquired land at the rate of Rs. 33,600/- per acre. The enhancement in amount of compensation is also quite moderate and the decision of the Reference Court is based on appreciation of evidence placed on record by the claimants. 3. In view of the reasons set out above, the applications presented by the State seeking condonation of delay of 1641 days do not deserve consideration. Hence, the applications are rejected. 4. In view of rejection of applications seeking ( 5 ) ca11986.10 condonation of delay, the appeals need not be registered. The appellant/State would be entitled to refund of Court fees in accordance with the rules. [R.M. BORDE, J.] snk/2011/AUG11/ca11986.10