-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CIVIL APPLICATION NO.1500 OF 2005 In WRIT PETITION NO.10345 OF 2004 Devdas Sangeetharao Gurindapalli : Applicant V/s. State of Maharashtra & Ors. : Respondents ... None present for the applicant. ... CORAM : R.M.LODHA & S.A.BOBDE,JJ. DATE : DECEMBER 19, 2006. P.C. None appears for the applicant. 2. The order dated 16.3.2005 is not the order dismissing the Writ Petition simplicitor. The Bench found no justification to entertain the Writ Petition as it suffered from delay. 3. The order dated 16.3.2005 reads thus:- "None appears for the petitioner. 2. Dismissed in default. -: 2 :- 3. Even otherwise, we find that the Writ petition suffers from gross laches and delay. The order impugned in the Writ petition is the order dated 30.09.1994. The Writ petition has been filed more than a decade thereafter on 30.11.2004. On the ground of laches and delay, Writ petition does not deserve to be entertained." 4. Civil Application is dismissed. R.M. LODHA, J. S.A. BOBDE, J.