-1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 3578 OF 2008 IN FIRST APPEAL (STAMP) NO. 14468 OF 2008 Hanuman Vilas Keni since deceased through ) his legal representatives Anjana H. Keni and others ).. Petitioners Versus The State of Maharashtra ).. Respondent Mr S S Punde for the Petitioners. Mr A R Patil, Assistant Government Pleader, for the Respondent. CORAM: SWATANTER KUMAR, C. J. & A.P. DESHPANDE, J. DATED: 20TH AUGUST 2008. P.C. This is a Civil Application praying for condonation of delay of 409 days in filing the present Appeal. The two reasons given for this prayer is that there were no funds available with the Claimants as they are poor agriculturists and secondly that they were not aware of the period of limitation being illiterate. Despite their best effort they could not file Appeal within time, but once they received the compensation in furtherance to the Award of the Reference Court on 5th May 2008, they have arranged for the payment of Court Fees and filed the present -2- Appeal. 2. No reply to this Application has been filed. We have no reason to disbelieve the averments made in the affidavit in support of the Civil Application. Consequently, we are satisfied that sufficient cause has been shown for condoning the delay in filing the present Appeal. 3. The Civil Application is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). Delay in filing the Appeal is condoned. Civil Application disposed of accordingly. CHIEF JUSTICE A. P. DESHPANDE, J.