-: 1 :- SPB IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5834 OF 2008 Sudhakar Namdev Rane & Ors. .. Petitioners. V/s. Parshuram Vishnu Rane & Ors. .. Respondents. --- Mr.S.M.Railkar for the Petitioners. --- CORAM : A. M. KHANWILKAR, CORAM : A. M. KHANWILKAR, CORAM : A. M. KHANWILKAR,J. DATED : 21ST AUGUST, 2008. DATED : 21ST AUGUST, 2008. DATED : 21ST AUGUST, 2008. P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: . Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners. 2. I am in agreement with the opinion expressed by the court below that the application Exh. 271 now moved by the petitioner is belated and without offering any explanation whatsoever for not taking out such application immediately after filing of the written statement, where the case against the third party has been spelt out in the written statement itself. The learned counsel for the petitioner is not in a position to point out any averment in the application which would explain such an inordinate delay of six years and moreso when suit was ready for hearing since 2004. Accordingly, no fault can be found with the opinion recorded by the court below in this behalf. 3. Hence, the petition is rejected. -: 2 :- (A.M.KHANWILKAR,J.)