1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. WP No. 1353/2004 Gangaram Vithu Pidurkar Vs. State of Maharashtra and others. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's Orders and Registrar's orders. CORAM : A.P. LAVANDE, J. DATED : 07/07/2008. Heard Mr. S. S. Deshpande, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Mirza, learned counsel for respondent no.1. By this petition, the petitioner challenges the order dated 11th April, 1996 passed by Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal, Nagpur in Ceiling Appeal No. ALC-A- 21/94. In paragraph 3 of the petition, the petitioner has made categorical statement that Vithu, the father of the petitioner was party to the proceedings and he died long ago. From this averment, it is clear that the impugned order was passed during the life time of Vithu. The petitioner claims that he is an illiterate person and as such he is not aware about the procedure of law. The delay in filling the petition is sought to be justified on the ground that the petitioner is an illiterate person. Since the father of the petitioner was party to the proceedings in appeal as 2 stated by the petitioner himself, the fact that the petitioner is an illiterate person would not be a ground to justify the delay and latches in filing the petition. The impugned order was passed in the year 1996 and the present petition is filed in the year 2004. In view of the above, the petition is liable to be rejected on the ground of delay and latches and is accordingly dismissed with no order as to costs. JUDGE Ambulkar.