1 caf-4670.10 Ash FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 4670 OF 2010 IN FIRST APPEAL ST. NO. 29166 OF 2010 Office Notes, Office memorandum of Coram, appearances, Court’s Court’s or orders or directions & Judge’s orders. Registrar’s orders. Shri A.R. Patil, AGP for the Applicants. Shri Pralhad Paranjape i/by Shri T.S. Ingale for the Respondent. ­­ CORAM : A.S.OKA, J. DATE : 1ST AUGUST, 2011 P.C.: . Heard the learned AGP for the Applicants and the learned counsel appearing for the Respondent. Reply of the Respondent is taken on record. 2. As usual, there is a delay on the part of the Applicant­State of Maharashtra in preferring an appeal against the award made under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The impugned award was made on 30th March, 2009 and the Appeal has been preferred in October, 2010. Perusal of the application shows that the delay has been occasioned due to the fact that the proposal of the learned District Government Pleader 2 caf-4670.10 forwarded on 25th June, 2009 to the State Government for preferring an appeal was approved on 6th April, 2010. Reliance has been placed upon usual correspondence between the office of the Government Pleader and the learned Special Land Acquisition Officer. 3. In the meanwhile, the Respondent has executed the award and a substantial amount has been recovered by the Respondent. 4. Considering the facts pleaded and the aforesaid circumstances, though a case is made out for condonation of delay, the Applicants will have to pay costs to the Respondent quantified at Rs.5,000/­. Hence, the rule is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (b). ORDER: The Applicant shall pay the cost of Rs.5,000/­ to the Respondent within a period of eight weeks from today. ( A.S.OKA, J )