1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Civil Application No.9451 of 2007 In Letters Patent Appeal St.No.21039 of 2007 In Writ Petition No.3874 of 2006 (The Chief Engineer, Nagpur, and others v. Ramnath s/o Kewalram Walde) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-- Office Notes, Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions : Court's or Judge's orders and Registrar's orders. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Shri S.G. Jagtap, Counsel for Applicants. Shri K.V. Kotwal, Counsel for Non-Applicant. CORAM : K.J. Rohee & R.C. Chavan, JJ. DATE : 29th February, 2008 1. Heard the learned counsel for the parties. 2. It is true that there has been considerable delay in preferring Letters Patent Appeal. The reason for this enormous delay is that administrative sanction could not be obtained in time. Considering the circumstances of the case, we think it expedient to condone the delay by imposing substantial costs. We, therefore, pass the following order. 3. The application for condonation of delay is allowed subject to payment of costs of Rs.1,000/- to be paid to the non-applicant within four weeks. 4. Shri K.V. Kotwal, learned counsel, appears in Letters Patent Appeal for the respondent by waiving notice. 5. Shri S.G. Jagtap, learned counsel for the appellants, is directed to 2 supply the copy of the Letters Patent Appeal to Shri K.V. Kotwal, learned counsel for the respondent. 6. S.O. to 31-3-2008. JUDGE JUDGE pdl