1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH AT NAGPUR Civil Application No. 9359/2007 in First Appeal St. No. 12316/2007 The State of Maharashtra, thr. Collector Washim & Ors. .vs. Hemant Atmaram Wankhade, Washim and Ors. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or Court's or Judge's Orders directions and Registrar's orders. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORAM: D. K. DESHMUKH AND PRASANNA B. VARALE, JJ. DATED : 16 th DECEMBER, 2008 This application is taken out to condone delay in filing first appeal. The delay is of 732 days. The reasons given are of general nature. According to the appellant, the delay was caused because of the administrative functioning of the machinery. There are no specific details given. Admittedly, the land which has been acquired was the land where Orange trees were standing. It means that the land was irrigated. The Land Acquisition Officer had awarded compensation at the rate of Rs. 26,000/- per Hectare and the reference Court has enhanced it to Rs. 89,500/- per Acre. The total land acquired is 2 Hectare 31 R. In our opinion, considering the meager compensation that was awarded by 2 the Land Acquisition Officer and considering the nature of the land, it cannot be said that the interest of justice would be served by condoning the delay. The application is, therefore, rejected. JUDGE JUDGE kahale