1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR Civil Application (ca) No. 8701 of 2007 (In First Appeal St.No. 10769/07) State of Maharashtra & ors. ...Versus... Smt. Indirabai wd/o Narayan Deshpande & ors. Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Mrs. Rashi Deshpande, AGP, for applicants. … CORAM : A.B. CHAUDHARI, J. DATED : 19.09.2011. This is an application seeking condonation of delay of 8 years and 140 days in filing the First Appeal. I have heard learned A.G.P. I have also gone through the averments made in the application seeking condonation of delay. Perusal of the averments would show that the Award was passed on 17.11.1998 and though the certified copy was received on 18.2.1999, no steps were taken to file the first appeal. The only explanation given in para 4 of the application is that the Special Land Acquisition Officer did not at all bother to comply with the requirements projected by the office of Government Pleader since 24.3.2000 till the filing of Appeal in 2007, which means 2 for the 8 long years the Special Land Acquisition Officer did not bother to co- operate with the office of Government Pleader. Further reason given in the application is that the Special Land Acquisition Officer was busy in elections of Parliament, State Assembly and Municipal Council. Needless to say that the delay of 7 years and 140 days tried to be explained by the Special Land Acquisition Officer is misleading. The reasons are not satisfactory and not worthy of credence. In view of the above, this application seeking condonation of delay is dismissed. Consequently, F.A. St.No. 10769/07 is also dismissed. Judge /TA/