1 mpt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.3154 of 2010 Gangaram Damu Patil ... Petitioner versus Sameena Begaum Adil Akhtar & Anr ... Respondents ... Ms.Gauri Godse for the petitioner. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATED : 12th July 2010 P.C. 1. The impugned order is passed on 1 October 2002. The writ petition has been filed on 5 April 2010 i.e. after lapse of nearly 8 years. The writ petition therefore deserves to be dismissed on the ground of delay and latches as in my view the delay is not explained satisfactorily. 2. The original order was passed on 1 October 2002 rejecting the application for condonation of delay in filing of an appeal. Instead of challenging that order, petitioner filed a second application for condonation of delay. That was rejected as not maintainable. The second application for condonation of delay obviously was not maintainable and that would not and cannot explain the delay and latches. Even if it is assumed that could be a ground, it may be noted 2 that second applications for condonation for delay was rejected by an order dated 5 December 2008 and the present writ petition has been filed in April 2010 i.e after a lapse of 16 months of the dismissal of the second delay condonation application also. The present writ petition is nothing but an abuse of the process of law. Writ Petition is rejected. (D.G. KARNIK,J.)