1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 3742 OF 2009 IN FIRST APPEAL (ST.) NO. 24939 OF 1996 IN Land A. R. NO. 107 OF 2007 The State of Maharashtra .. Applicant. (through SLAO,Nashik) (Org.Opponent). V/s. 1. Shri Kedu Savliram Bidgar & Ors. .. Respondents. (Org.Claimants) --- Ms. V.S. Mhaispurkar, AGP for the Applicant. Ms. Deepa S. Matwankar i/by Shri A.P. Avhad for the Respondents. --- CORAM : J. H. BHATIA, J. DATED : 18th September, 2009 P.C. : This Application is filed for recalling the order dated 4th of March, 2008, whereby the Appeal was dismissed for non-prosecution. The record reveals that the Civil Application No. 38 of 1998 for condonation of delay in filing first Appeal was allowed by order dated 15th December, 2000 subject to payment of 2 costs of Rs. 750/-. For more than seven years costs was not paid and thus the order passed on 15th December, 2000 was not complied with. Therefore, on 4th of March, 2008, the Appeal came to be dismissed. The present Application is filed on 08.07.2009. Firstly, there is no satisfactory explanation as to why cost was not paid for more than seven years. Secondly, there is no satisfactory explanation as to why this Application is filed, more than sixteen months after the Appeal was dismissed in default. Therefore, this application deserves to be rejected. Rejected accordingly. (J.H. BHATIA,J.)