FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURNAGABAD Office Notes, Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directios and Registrar’s Orders. COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS __________________________________________________________________________________________ 1219 CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 4060 OF 2011 ,In FAST/5266/2011 THE STATE OF MAH THR, COLLCTOR LATUR AND ANR VERSUS SUGRIV BALIRAM DHOLE ... Advocate for applicant(s) : Mr. K.S. Patil, AGP ... CORAM : R.M. BORDE, J. Dated: August 2, 2011 ... 1 This is an application seeking condonation of delay of 1787 days occurred in presenting the appeal. 2 Heard learned AGP for the State. Judgment and award in the reference application came to be passed on 30-9-2005. The Law and Judiciary department informed the office of the Government Pleader to present appeal against the impugned award on 7-3-2006. However, appeal came to be presented only in the year 2011 after lapse of about five years. There is absolutely no justifiable reason noted in the application explaining such a huge delay of 1787 days. Even on consideration of the merits of the controversy, appeal does not deserve favourable consideration. The Land Acquisition Officer offered compensation in respect of acquired land at Rs. 10,000/- per acre whereas reference court prescribed market value of the acquired land at the rate FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURNAGABAD Office Notes, Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directios and Registrar’s Orders. COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS __________________________________________________________________________________________ of Rs.18,000/- per acre. In this view of the matter, application presented by the State seeking condonation of delay in presenting the appeal does not deserve favourable consideration. Application being devoid of substance stands rejected. In view of rejection of application seeking condonation of delay, appeal presented by the State need not be registered. Applicant / State shall be entitled to refund of court fees, in accordance with rules. ( R.M. BORDE, J. ) dyb