-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 3385 OF 2008 Panandikar M. Krishna & Others. ..Petitioners. Versus Dr. Swarup H. Kulkarni & Others. ..Respondents. Mr. K. S. Dewal for the Petitioners. Ms. Jadhav for the respondents. Coram : R. V. MORE, J. Date : April 5, 2010. P. C. : 1. Heard learned counsel for the respective parties. By the impugned order, the Joint Charity Commissioner allowed the application filed by respondent nos.1 to 3 with further direction to register their revision application. 2. Respondent nos.1 to 3 by filing application under section 70 of the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 before the Joint Charity Commissioner on 17th January 2004 challenged the order dated 12nd February 1979 passed by the Assistant Charity Commissioner whereby the Change Report filed by the Petitioner Trust was accepted. Since there was delay, respondent nos. 1 to 3 also filed Miscellaneous Application No. 53 of 2006 for condonation of delay. 3. During the course of hearing of the said application before the Joint -: 2 :- Charity Commissioner, learned counsel for respondent nos.1 to 3 submitted that respondent nos.1 to 3’s application may be treated as revision under section 70A of the BPT Act. This submission was made as there is no period of limitation prescribed under the said section. The Joint Charity Commissioner accepted the request of the learned counsel for respondent nos. 1 to 3 and treated it as revision under section 70A of the BPT Act and directed that the revision application be registered. It is now more than settled position of law that in a case where the limitation is not prescribed for preferring an appeal or revision, same will have to be filed within a reasonable time. In this regard, reference can be made to the decisions of the Apex Court in the matters of the State of Gujarat v/s. Patil Raghav Natha & Ors, reported in 1969(2) SCC 187 and the Gram Panchayat, Village Kanonda, Tehsil Bahadurgarh, District Rohtak v/s. Director, Consolidation of Holdings, Haryana, Chandigarh & Ors, reported in 1989 Suppl. (2) SCC 465. What is a reasonable time depends upon the facts and circumstances of each case. Therefore, even respondent nos. 1 to 3’s application is considered as revision under section 70A of the BPT Act, they are bound to satisfy the authority that same is filed within a reasonable time. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the petition is disposed of by passing following order. -: O R D E R :- (1) The Joint Charity Commissioner while hearing the respondent nos. 1 to 3’s revision under section 70A of the BPT Act shall first satisfy himself that -: 3 :- the said revision is filed within reasonable time. Respondent nos. 1 to 3 and the Petitioners are at liberty to make submission before the concerned authority in this regard. (2) With these directions, writ petition stands disposed of. (R.V. MORE, J.)