1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CIVIL APPLICATION NO.5339 OF 2009 IN CIVIL APPLICATION STAMP NO.522 OF 2009 IN WRIT PETITION NO.5719 OF 1996 Sundermal s/o Chandanmal Gundecha, died through L.Rs. Smt. Sarla Sundarmal Gundecha and others ... APPLICANTS VERSUS The Maharashtra State Co-operative Cotton Growers Marketing Fedration Ltd. and others ... RESPONDENTS ..... Shri S.V. Natu, Advocate for the applicants Shri A.N. Lande, Advocate holding for Shri S.T. Shelke, Advocate for respondents. ..... CORAM : SHRIHARI P. DAVARE, J. DATED : 25th November, 2009. ORAL ORDER : 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally by consent of parties. 2. The applicants have preferred the present application for condonation of delay of 553 days caused in filing the Civil Application for bringing the heirs and legal 2 representatives of deceased original petitioner on record. The learned counsel for the respondents opposed the present application vehemently and submitted that the present application bears no substance and it is devoid of any merits and, therefore, same be rejected. 3. On perusal of the contents of the application and after considering the rival contentions of the parties, it appears that the applicants have explained the delay in paragraph Nos. 2 and 3 of the application satisfactorily. Moreover, it also appears that the said delay is not willful, deliberate and intentional and hence, same is required to be allowed in the interest of justice. 4. In the result, present application is allowed in terms of prayer clause (A) thereof and delay of 553 days caused in filing the Civil Application for bringing the heirs and legal representatives of deceased petitioner stands condoned. Rule made absolute in above terms. (SHRIHARI P. DAVARE, J.) fmp/ca5339.09