1204caf8342.08.odt 1/2 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT NAGPUR CAF NO. 8342/2008 IN FIRST APPEAL ST. 15824 OF 2008 Chairman cum Managing Director, W.C.L. & others Vs. M/s Satyanarayan Raju Office Notes, Office Memorandum of Coram appearances, Court's orders of directions & Registrar's orders. Court's or Judges Order Mr. Nirbhay Chawhan, Advocate for the applicants. Mr. A. M. Kadukar, Advocate for the respondents. C ORAM : F. M. REIS, J. DATED : 12/4/2010 Heard. This is an application for condonation of delay of 154 days in filing the first appeal challenging the judgment dated 31/1/2008 passed by the learned 2nd Joint Civil Judge, Senior Division, Chandrapur in Special Civil Suit No. 44 of 2005. It is the contention of the applicants that after receiving the certified copy from the Counsel appearing for the applicants, the same was forwarded to the Legal Section of the Company. The Legal Section approved the filing of the appeal in June, 2008 and thereafter the applicants contacted the Counsel to prefer the present appeal before this Court. The copies of the deposition were required to be obtained from the concerned Court as instructed by the Counsel and as such there was delay of 154 days in filing the present appeal. The respondents have vehemently opposed the application and submitted that there is inordinate delay on the 1204caf8342.08.odt 2/2 part of the applicants in filing the present appeal and as such there is no justification to condone the delay as sought for by the applicants. Upon hearing the learned Counsel and on perusal of the record, I find that the respondents have not attributed any mala fide on the part of the applicants and interest of justice demands that delay in filing the first appeal is to be condoned subject to payment of costs to the respondents. The delay was occasioned on account of administrative reasons in obtaining the necessary sanction from the concerned department. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the delay of 154 days in filing the first appeal is condoned subject to applicants’ paying a sum of Rs. 1,000/- to the respondents within two weeks from today. The application stands disposed of accordingly. JUDGE wwl